Rabbit-proof Fence

Overview

Various Massacres
- Myall Creek Massacre
- Battle Mountain
- Massacre at Coniston

Immigration Act of 1901
- one of the first pieces of legislation passed under Australian Federation
- restricted non-European immigration to Australia

White Australia Policy
- term used to describe eugenic legislation passed from 1901 to 1973

Reversal of White Australia
- Whitlam Labor government passed series of admendments in 1973
- Migrants able to obtain citizenship
- Racial Discrimination Act of 1975 outlawed the use of racial criteria for any offical purpose

Aboriginal Policies in Western Australia
- Aboriginal Act of 1905 - established 'Chief Protector' who was the legal guardian of every aboriginal or half-caste child under 16, removed children from parent's care, marriages between aboriginals and others had to be approved
- Aborgines Protection Policy 1909 - aborigine children could be removed to a mission at any time
- Native Administration Amendment Act 1941 - aborigines not allowed to travel from north to south across the 20th latitude line

Forced Sexual intercourse by White men on Aborigine Women
- Continuity can "breed out" the Aborigine blood

Half castes institutions
- Moore River Native Settlement in Western Australia,
- Doomadgee Aboriginal Mission in Queensland,
- Ebenezer Mission in Victoria and
- Wellington Valley Mission in New South Wales.

Molly Craig
- Taken to the Moore River Settlement again in the 1940s with her two daughters. She escaped in 1941.
- Older daughter, Doris, was reunited with her mother, and published 'Rabbit-proof Fence'
- Molly's other daughter, Annabelle, was taken away from her in 1943. They were never reunited.
- Molly died in her sleep in 2004, believed to be 87.