| ISBN |
9780702265976 (paperback) |
| Classification |
F PILK |
| Personal Name |
Pilkington, Doris, 1937-2014 |
| Title |
Follow the rabbit-proof fence / Doris Pilkington / Nugi Garimara ; introduction by Tara June Winch. |
| Production & Copyright Details |
St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2023. |
| ©2023 |
| Physical Description |
xix, 172 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Content type |
text |
| Series |
First Nations classics |
| Note |
First published in 1996 by University of Queensland Press" --Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary Note |
This is the true account of Nugi Garimara's mother, Molly, made legendary by the film Rabbit-Proof Fence. In 1931 Molly led her two sisters on an extraordinary 1600-kilometre walk across remote Western Australia. Aged eight, eleven and fourteen, they escaped the confinement of a government institution for Aboriginal children removed from their families. Barefoot, without provisions or maps, tracked by Native Police and search planes, the girls followed the rabbit-proof fence, knowing it would lead them home. Their journey - longer than many of the celebrated walks of recognised explorers - reveals a past more cruel than we could ever imagine. |
| Subject-Personal Name |
Kelly, Molly, -- approximately 1917-2004 |
| Cross, Gracie |
| Kadibil, Daisy |
| Subject-Corporate Name |
Jigalong Mission |
| Subject - Topical Term |
Aboriginal Australians |
| Stolen generations (Australia) |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations |
| Children, Aboriginal Australian |
| History - Biographies - Indigenous |
| Law enforcement - Police - Native police |
| Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations |
| Subject - Geographic Name |
Moore River Region (W.A.) |
| Jigalong Region (W.A.) |
| Moore River (SW WA SH50-14) |
| Jigalong (WA East Pilbara SF51-13) |
| Added Entry - Personal Name |
Winch, Tara June writer of introduction. |
