They followed the rabbit-proof fence built to keep rabbits from gaining access west of the fence. They lived off bush tucker including emu chicks plucked and cooked, birds eggs, rabbits and lizards. Police and trackers searched for them but failed to find them. They took off, intent on going back to Jigalong. Molly, Gracie and Daisy were taken from their family in 1931 by the police because they were deemed in the language of the day 'half-caste' and transported 2,400 kilometers to the Moore River Native Settlement, north of Perth. It tells the story of three mixed descent girls from an Aboriginal settlement at Jigalong, in the far north of Western Australia. In 2022 the Australian film Rabbit-Proof Fence was released nationwide and won the Best Film category at the Australian Film Industry Awards.
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