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In *Follow the Rabbit‑Proof Fence*, Doris Pilkington—known by her Aboriginal name Nugi Garimara—examines the eponymous fence built in 1907 to stop rabbits from entering Western Australia. While the fence failed its ecological purpose, it became a potent metaphor for the longing and resilience of three Aboriginal girls. The youngest of the trio, Molly, leads her sisters across the fence, drawing upon survival lessons from her white father, a fence inspector, and her step‑father, a former desert nomad and bushcraft expert, to return to their homeland. Pilkington’s memoir intertwines personal narrative with broader social and governmental contexts, illuminating the cultural assimilation pressures faced by Aboriginal communities in early federation Australia.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Doris Pilkington
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