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Adventure fiction. When Gracie, Daisy and Molly are taken from their mothers and sent away to a camp at Moore River, thousands of miles from their home country, they decide to escape. But when the only way home is along a rabbit-proof fence, and you're being chased by the police, escaping is just the start of your adventure. This younger reader's version of Doris Pilkington's amazing true story of courage and love will grab readers of all ages, and take them on a journey through a country as beautiful as it is harsh. A journey home. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This is an amazing real-life story of three Aboriginal girls, sisters Molly and Daisy and their cousin Gracie, one of whom is the author's mother.
The girls are taken from their mother and extended family and community and sent many miles south to the Moore River native Settlement near Perth in 1931. Their home is at Jigalong on the edge of the Sandy Desert. The route they were taken on to get to the settlement was by train, ship and car, and very different from the horse and cart they were used to. The way home was by foot and overland with Molly the eldest leading the younger two. They spent weeks as fugitives of the WA government as they avoided recapture and lived off the land, using the Rabbit-proof fence as a guide for direction.
There is a glossary of Mardujara words at the beginning of the book and a map showing the complete journey south and back again. (