![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The various guises of displacement and resistance examined in this essay include: the involuntary migration of Aboriginal peoples, especially the Nyungar and the Mardudjara, along the rabbit-proof fence towards government-assigned settlements such as Jigalong (equivalent to "reservations" in the U.S.) the forced relocation of mixed-race children (the Stolen Generations) to missionary camps to be made culturally white and the children's heroic journey of escape and homecoming-again navigated through the rabbit-proof fence. This essay analyzes how contemporary Australian Aboriginal storytelling, exemplified by Doris Pilkington Garimara's book Rabbit-Proof Fence and its film adaptation by director Phillip Noyce, transcribes the various experiences of displacement and resistance of Aboriginal peoples and provides a basis for a collective listening/rereading of the nation's complex colonial history. ![]()
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