1. Rabbit Proof Fence

2. Setting Western Australia 1930’s – true story
The Rabbit Proof Fence was designed to keep rabbits out of West Australia’s farmlands
At the northern end is Jigalong – a camp for aborigines
At the southern end is the Moore River Native Settlement – a government school and orphanage
About 1600 kilometres between the two places

3. Main Characters Molly Craig, the eldest of the three girls
Daisy Burungu, Molly's sister.
Gracie Fields, Molly's and Daisy's cousin.
A.O.Neville, Chief Protector of Aborigines in Western Australia.
Moodoo, the aboriginal tracker
Mavis, Mollie and Daisy’s mother

4. Story Mollie, Daisy and Gracie are half-white Aboriginal children
A.O.Neville believes that Aboriginal children with “white blood” should be raised without their aboriginal identity and culture
He believes that blackness can be bred out
He orders they be taken from Jigalong to the Moore River native settlement kilometres away
The children escape and try to get home

5. Questions Is A.O.Neville simply a bad man?
Is racism just something that bad people do?
Are you a racist in any way?
How do some of the Aborigines in the film demonstrate that they have absorbed racist ideas?
What was the theory of eugenics?
Why did Moodoo, the Aboriginal tracker, work with the white authorities?
What does the girls’ long trek prove?
What happened to Mollie’s daughter, the author of the book that the film is based on?