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why were molly,dasiy and gracie taken from their familes from follow the rabbit-proof fenceby Doris pilkington

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Molly, Daisy and Gracie were taken because of government assimilation policies aimed at Aboriginal children of mixed descent. In the 1930s in Western Australia, authorities removed many “half-caste” children from their families and communities (the policy now referred to as part of the Stolen Generations). Officials sent these children to places like the Moore River Native Settlement to be trained as domestic servants and raised in white society — the stated justification was that it was “for their own good,” but the real effect was to break family and cultural ties and erase Indigenous identity.

Doris Pilkington’s Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence tells the true story of those three girls’ removal and their escape, when they walked home along the rabbit-proof fence to return to their families. If you’d like, I can give a short summary of the escape, explain the wider historical background (laws and the Stolen Generations), or help with an essay or quote from the book.