Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence: First Nations Classics
(Paperback, 3rd ed.)
Publishing Details
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence: First Nations Classics
By (Author) Doris
University of Queensland Press
University of Queensland Press
30th May 2023
3rd ed.
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Australasian and Pacific history
Social and cultural anthropology
Autobiography: general
Indigenous peoples
Physical Properties
Paperback
192
Width 129mm, Height 197mm, Spine 14mm
184g
Description
A Stolen Generations story of astounding courage- three Aboriginal girls, taken from their mothers, escape barefoot back to their beloved homeland in East Pilbara. 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.
Author Bio
Tara June Winch (Author) Tara June Winch is an Australian (Wiradjuri) writer based in France. She was named as one of The Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian Novelists for her first novel, Swallow the Air. She has gone on to win numerous Australian literary awards, and in 2009 she received the prestigious Rolex Mentor and Protege Award.
