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The Jiggalong people are like most aboriginal communities. They don't believe in talking about the dead after they have gone. If by chance there are any Australian aborigines reading this post, be aware that I am about to mention someone who has died. So give this thread a miss unna?
In 1931 a 14 year old aboriginal girl named Mollie Craig, was taken from her people and relocated nearly 600 miles away in a Government mission. It was the Australian government policy at the time to remove young aboriginal children from their families and tribes in order to provide them with a 'white' education and what was considered to be a better chance in life. It was thought at the time that Australian aborigines where a dying race.
Mollie, her half sister Daisy (8) and cousin Cracie (6) escaped and walked, over 9 weeks, across the desert back to their people. It is still one of the great survival stories of our time. Their journey was importalised in the movie 'Rabbit Proof Fence' directed by Phillip Noyce.
http://www.iofilm.co.uk/feats/interviews/r/rabbit_proof_fence_2002.shtml
What the movie does not tell was that Mollie was captured again and this time imprisoned for her pervious transgression. She escaped and repeated the feat again, alone. After then, the government let her be and she lived out her life amongst her people, the Jiggalong community.
Mollie passed away on Tuesday aged 87.
In 1931 a 14 year old aboriginal girl named Mollie Craig, was taken from her people and relocated nearly 600 miles away in a Government mission. It was the Australian government policy at the time to remove young aboriginal children from their families and tribes in order to provide them with a 'white' education and what was considered to be a better chance in life. It was thought at the time that Australian aborigines where a dying race.
Mollie, her half sister Daisy (8) and cousin Cracie (6) escaped and walked, over 9 weeks, across the desert back to their people. It is still one of the great survival stories of our time. Their journey was importalised in the movie 'Rabbit Proof Fence' directed by Phillip Noyce.
http://www.iofilm.co.uk/feats/interviews/r/rabbit_proof_fence_2002.shtml
What the movie does not tell was that Mollie was captured again and this time imprisoned for her pervious transgression. She escaped and repeated the feat again, alone. After then, the government let her be and she lived out her life amongst her people, the Jiggalong community.
Mollie passed away on Tuesday aged 87.
