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Synopsis

This is the true account of Doris Pilkington Garimara's mother Molly, made legendary by the film Rabbit-Proof Fence. In 1932 Molly led her two sisters on an extraordinary 1,600 kilometre walk across remote Western Australia. Aged 8, 11 and 14, they escaped the confinement of a government institution for Aboriginal children removed from their families. Barefoot, without provision 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 our explorer heroes - reveals a past more cruel that we could ever imagine.

Book details

Author:
Pilkington, Doris|Garimara, Nugi
ISBN:
9780702233555
Related ISBNs:
9780702233555
Publisher:
University of Queensland Press
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Grades:
Year 10 - 4th Form - KS4, Year 11 - 5th Form - KS4
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2016-05-06
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2002
Copyright by:
University of Queensland Press 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Literature and Fiction