doris pilkington garimara follow the rabbit proof fence

The trek back home to Jigalong, in the north-west of Western Australia, from the Moore River Native Settlement, just north of Perth, was not only a historical event, it was also one of the most incredible feats imaginable, undertaken by three Aboriginal girls in the 1930s.

Instructions: Read this text and answer the corresponding questions (see below). The documentary is entitled Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence.Ģ014: Death of Doris Pilkington Garimara.īook introduction – Doris Pilkington Garimara, Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, 1996. They escape and go home following the rabbit-proof fence.ġ937: Doris Pilkington Garimara was born to Mollyġ996: Doris Pilkington Garimara published Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, in which she recounts the story of her mother and her sistersĢ002: Philip Noyce adapts the book into a film, entitled Rabbit-Proof FenceĢ002: A documentary about the shooting of Noyce’s film is shot by Australian television. Givingthe students the chronology of events will help them understand how the different cultural productions relate to each other.ġ907: construction of the rabbit-proof fence across Australia to limit the propagation of rabbits in the Eastern part of the countryġ920s: Molly, Daisy and Gracie were born in an Aboriginal community.ġ930s: the three girls were kidnapped by White officials and placed in a settlement, as other children from the Stolen Generations. The book was then adapted as a film, and a documentary (see Borders (5)) was then made on the shooting of the film. Students have to read and analyse the introduction to Doris Pilkington Garimara’s book entitled Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence.

This is the fourth activity of a thematic unit on borders.

Doris pilkington garimara follow the rabbit proof fence