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Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence

By: Doris (Nugi Garimara) Pilkington
Narrated by: Rachael Maza
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 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 treks of recognised explorers – reveals a past more cruel than we could ever imagine.©1996 Doris Pilkington-Nugi Garimara. (P)2002 Bolinda Publishing Anthropology Australia, New Zealand & Oceania Biographies & Memoirs Historical Fiction Fiction Rabbit Fence

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'This is a marvellous adventure story and thriller, celebrating courage and the resilience of the human heart.' (Phillip Noyce, director of the film Rabbit-Proof Fence)

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excellent!

this story is fantastic. an incredible tribute to the family and absolutely incredible account of events that these young girls went through to get home. I've watched the movie and listening to the book was so much better, so detailed and so well written. this would have to be one of my favourite stories of all time. makes you appreciate the freedom we have and how much these girls fought for theirs and their family. awesome! 10/10, inspiring.

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Great story/narrator

What a story. Hard to believe they managed. So much shame on the authorities in those days.
Just dreadful to think the Native people were treated so despicably.

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Absolute WOW!

it's such an inspirational true story, how these young girls have guts and glory. I had listened to it over and over again, what a courage!

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Amazing story

What a treat to listen to this incredible book. The narrator was pure magic to listen to. Highly recommend

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What a feat

Wonderfully read. This is an amazing story of endurance, determination, knowledge of environment for survival. On the other hand it is also a story of history which is not complimentary. I learned much from this.

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I wish I read it sooner

I thought this would be a hard read but it is so engaging and uplifting

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An important true story, well told

Hard to believe things like this happened so recently. It was would be an amazing travel and survival story even without this aspect.

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Beautiful sad story

A real education in the plight of the aboriginal people in the 1930s Australian outback

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.