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NITV  |  January 3, 2020

Media arts

Indigenous Australians

Ethical understanding

Personal and social capability
9-10 11-12
Classification: Parental GuidanceClassification: Parental Guidance

Based on the true story of three young Aboriginal girls, Molly and Daisy and their cousin, Gracie (Evelyn Sampi, Laura Monaghan, Tianna Sansbury), who in 1931, were forcibly removed from their mothers and their home in Jigalong and moved over 2400km away, as a part of official government policy. Molly leads her younger sister and cousin on a brave escape and in a bid to find their way home, following, on foot, the rabbit-proof fence that cuts across the Gibson Desert and towards Jigalong.

Based on the true story of three young Aboriginal girls, Molly and Daisy and their cousin, Gracie (Evelyn Sampi, Laura Monaghan, Tianna Sansbury), who in 1931, were forcibly removed from their mothers and their home in Jigalong and moved over 2400km away, as a part of official government policy. Molly leads her younger sister and cousin on a brave escape and in a bid to find their way home, following, on foot, the rabbit-proof fence that cuts across the Gibson Desert and towards Jigalong.

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Based on the true story of three young Aboriginal girls, Molly and Daisy and their cousin, Gracie (Evelyn Sampi, Laura Monaghan, Tianna Sansbury), who in 1931, were forcibly removed from their mothers and their home in Jigalong and moved over 2400km away, as a part of official government policy. Molly leads her younger sister and cousin on a brave escape and in a bid to find their way home, following, on foot, the rabbit-proof fence that cuts across the Gibson Desert and towards Jigalong.

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Classification: Parental GuidanceClassification: Parental Guidance

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Rabbit-Proof Fence

Share the true story of three Indigenous girls forcibly taken from their family in Western Australia, only to trek 2400km back home in the Pilbara. Then test your students' knowledge of the film and this period of Australian history.

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