The book begins by explaining some of the back story and providing context for how aboriginal people eneded up being driven off the land they had previously wandered at will. Molly, aged just 15, knew that if she could find the rabbit proof fence, they could follow it all the way back to their family at Jigalong. What followed was a barefoot journey of 2400km with no supplies, no tents, no adults, no coats. The book is written by Doris Pilkington, daughter of Molly. This is a true story about Molly, Daisy and Gracie who were removed from their settlement and taken to Moore River Native Settlement, where they quickly decided they did not want to stay. The idea was that in these settlements children would be disciplined in order to remove any trace of their aboriginal heritage – they would be taught how to be culturally white. In 1931 the government decided that all mixed race aboriginal children should be removed from their families and taken to settlements to be educated – in order to encourage the potential of their white heritage, in the hope that they would then go on to be employed by white people in service roles. Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence is the story of three Australian aboriginal sisters who were taken from their community in Nortwestern Australia.
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