Rabbit-Proof Fence
(WOMAN SINGS
IN ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE)
(Woman speaks
in Aboriginal language)
(HAUNTING MUSIC)
(BIRD CALLS)
(BIRD CALLS)
(CHILDREN LAUGH)
Grrr!
(Laughs)
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That's them.
Yeah.
Molly's the big one.
The little one's
her sister Daisy.
The middle one's
their cousin Gracie.
Well, what about the fathers?
Moved on.
WOMAN:
Bring it here.(CLOCK BELL CHIMES)
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
WOMAN:
The next batch.Nothing out of the ordinary.
There's two applications
for section ex emptions.
Police reports are there.
William Harris is applying
for permission to marry.
She's half-caste also.
And Mary Wilson's applying
for permission to visit
She's quite agitated.
Oh, and Gladys Phillips
has written for permission
to buy some new shoes.
She had a new pair a year ago.
Er, now, this report
from Constable Riggs
about three little half-caste girls
Molly, Gracie and Daisy.
The youngest is
of particular concern.
She is promised to a full-blood.
I'm authorising their removal.
They're to be taken to
Moore River as soon as possible.
Oh, and Miss Thomas,
if you could check that the rate
for police transportation
is still, I believe,eight pence per mile.
Yes, Mr Neville.
Thank you.
(Rings chime)
(EERIE SILENCE)
(DOGS BARK)
That country over there,
that's Wongi country.
You can't go there.
You get big trouble.
Yeah, I know.
Where your country?
My country?
Down south.
Long way from here.
Our dad works there
on the rabbit fence.
Yeah?
How far does rabbit fence
go to?
The rabbit-proof fence?
It goes all the way
to the sea down that way.
Right to the top of Australia.
Longest fence in the world.
And all the way
to the sea down that way.
miles long.
Keeps the rabbits
on that side of the fence.
Keeps the farmland
on this side of the fence.
That Molly's
getting to be a big girl.
Mr Neville's been writing to me
about those girls, you know.
Frankie...
Come on, it's your turn.
Come and get your rations.
(ANIMAL BELLOWS)
Hurry up.
(CAR APPROACHES)
(CAMEL BELLOWS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(Women yell)
(WOMEN SHOUT)
Come for the three girls,
Maude.
NO!
This is my kids! MINE!
It's the law, Maude.
(Screams) No!
Got no say in it.
No! Mine!
(AII yell)
Move one inch
and I'll lock your mother up!
Neville's their legal guardian.
MOLL Y:
Get away from us! Go!No!
Daisy!
(Cries) Give me back my Daisy!
You sit up and you stay!
I've got the papers, Maude!
(Screams)
Don't take them! No!
You've got no say in it!
(Screams) No!
(Cries)
Hear this - don't move!
(WAILING)
Nothing you can do here,
old girl!
(Speaks Aboriginal language)
Nothing you can do.
(Maude screams) Leave them!
(Wails)
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
(SILENCE)
(Women wail)
NEVILLE:
As you know,every Aborigine born in this State
comes under my control.
Notice, if you will,
the half-caste child.
And there are
ever-increasing numbers of them.
Now, what is to happen to them?
Are we to allow the creation
Should coloureds be encouraged
to go back to the black?
Or should they be advanced
to white status
and be absorbed
in the white population?
Now, time and again,
"If I marry
this coloured person,
"will our children be black?"
And as Chief Protector
of Aborigines,
it is my responsibility
to accept or reject those marriages.
Here is the answer.
Three generations.
Half-blood grandmother.
Quadroon daughter.
Octoroon grandson.
Now, as you can see,
in the third generation,
or third cross,
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