Doris Pilkington
Australian Aboriginal author (1937–2014), best known for Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, a memoir about the Stolen Generations that was adapted into the film Rabbit-Proof Fence.
Books
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1. Rabbit Proof Fence
Three young mixed‑race Aboriginal girls—Molly, Daisy and Gracie—are forcibly removed from their family by government authorities in 1930s Western Australia and sent to a settlement to be trained as domestic workers; they escape and undertake an arduous trek home by following the rabbit‑proof fence that bisects the land, relying on their knowledge of country, each other and sheer determination to evade recapture, in a true‑story account that exposes the cruelty of assimilation policies while celebrating resilience and cultural survival.
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