Rabbit-Proof+Fence+-+Folder+Resource+Materials

      ** Film Synopsis **  // Rabbit-Proof Fence  // is based on the autobiographical book // Follow the Rabbit–Proof Fence //, by Aboriginal Australian author Doris Garimara. The Aborigines Act of 1905 made all young Australian Aborigines wards of the state. In this film, we follow the journey of twelve-year-old Molly Craig, Molly’s sister, eight-year-old Daisy Kadibil, and their cousin Gracie Fields, who in 1913 were forcibly removed from Jigalong, their community in the north of Western Australia. Under the watchful eye of Mr A. O. Neville, Chief ‘Protector’ of Aborigines and dubbed by the Aborigines as ‘Mr Devil’; Molly, Daisy and Gracie are taken to Moore River Native Settlement. The settlement is intended to prepare the girls to join a white, mainly British population, where it is hoped their indigenous genes will be ‘bred out’. Not prepared to settle for this new life, Molly takes the lead and together the girls escape from the settlement. To make it back to their mothers and friends in Jigalong they face 1800 kilometres on foot, the harsh conditions of the Australian dessert, and the differing residents of the Australian outback.  ** The Filmmaker **  <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Philip Noyce was born in the Australian outback, New South Wales. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">When Philip turned twelve he and his family moved to Sydney, where he was introduced to budget, or ‘underground’, film-making. He was eighteen when he hired his friends to star in a fifteen-minute film entitled ‘Better to Reign in Hell’. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">First projects included the documentary __Castor & Pollux__, which won an award for best Australian short film of 1974, and the movie __Backroads__ (1977) which starred Australian Aboriginal activist Gary Foley. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Noyce's other film credits include the political thrillers __The Quiet American__, __Patriot Games__ and __Clear And Present Danger__ starring Harrison Ford; __Dead Calm__ starring Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill and Billy Zane and __The Bone Collector__ which starred Oscar winner Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.

__Rabbit Proof Fence__ is based on the true story of three Aboriginal girls abducted from their families by Australian authorities in 1931 as part of an official government policy. The film won Best Picture at the Australian Film [|Award] s, and together with __Quiet American__ garnered Noyce numerous best director [|award] s including National Board of Review in the US and UK's London Film Critics Circle. ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Pre-viewing ** <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';"> // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Search the internet for facts about the Australian Aborigines represented in //<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Rabbit-Proof Fence//. //To start, use the following phrases as ‘key words’ for your search, then follow the links to find the information you need: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">  ||  // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">aborigines + stolen generations 1905  //<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">   ||  // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">removal of indigenous children in Australia  //<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">   ||  // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Rabbit-Proof fence + facts  // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">  || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Table your notes with a ‘fact/opinion/interesting’ chart: <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';"> <span style="height: 147.2pt; margin-left: 297pt; margin-top: 12pt; position: absolute; width: 198pt; z-index: 4;"> // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Discuss your reactions to the research results. // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Who is the director most likely to have sympathy with, and how can you tell? <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">WATCH THE FILM  ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Post Viewing ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">1 The most exciting scenes in the film are … <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">2 The most disturbing scenes in the film are … <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">3 The most important scenes in the film are … <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">4 <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">After viewing ‘Rabbit-Proof Fence’ more than once complete a ** __K W L__ ** __chart__ like the one below: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 28.95pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list 28.95pt; text-indent: -10.95pt;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">That some people fail to understand <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="height: 300.85pt; margin-left: 313.15pt; margin-top: -6.05pt; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; position: absolute; width: 205.1pt; z-index: -12;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">MAP IT UP  ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';"> // <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';">Idea: note the place with a number and create a key off the side of the map. // <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';"> <span style="height: 100.85pt; margin-left: 137.3pt; margin-top: 3.05pt; position: absolute; width: 146.25pt; z-index: 5;"> <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';">
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">How disturbing or appalling are these facts or statistics?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Though you may feel removed from the situation, how do you imagine the indigenous peoples must have felt?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">View the DVD cover, read the synopsis, and the paragraph about the director.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">What I ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">K **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">now …   || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">What I __still__ ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">W  **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">ant to know …  || <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">What I have ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">L  **<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">earnt …  ||
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The film is set in Australia
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';">Draw the following map in your book, or print a similar map from the web. <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';">Locate the major points of action as they happen along the rabbit-proof fence.

** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">CHARACTERS 1 ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="height: 76.45pt; margin-left: 429.05pt; margin-top: 7.5pt; position: absolute; width: 81pt; z-index: 6;"> <span style="height: 77.15pt; margin-left: 100.55pt; margin-top: 7.6pt; position: absolute; width: 115.5pt; z-index: 7;"> <span style="height: 77.5pt; margin-left: 321.05pt; margin-top: 6.45pt; position: absolute; width: 108pt; z-index: 8;"> <span style="height: 76.45pt; margin-left: 211.55pt; margin-top: 7.6pt; position: absolute; width: 109.5pt; z-index: 9;"> <span style="height: 74.7pt; margin-left: -11.95pt; margin-top: 7.5pt; position: absolute; width: 112.5pt; z-index: 10;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Design a character web to show the connections between characters. Note on the lines the details of the connections that exist.

** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">APOLOGY TO THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Watch the news footage of Kevin Rudd’s apology. <span style="height: 98pt; margin-left: 372.05pt; margin-top: 11.15pt; position: absolute; width: 138pt; z-index: 12;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">

** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">THEMES / KEY IDEAS ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Begin each statement with… <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> ** // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The key idea shown by QUOTE _ is that… // ** <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">QUOTE 1 “Just because they use Neolithic tools doesn’t mean they have Neolithic minds” // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">QUOTE 2 “You can tell Mr Devil if he want half-caste kid, he make his own” //<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">QUOTE 3 “If they could only understand what we are trying to do for them” // <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">What key ideas are shown by each of the following quotes?

** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">COMMENTARY ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">View the film again – this time with the director’s commentary. Make notes about CHARACTER, THEME, CINEMATOGRAPHY. <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">CINEMATOGRAPHY ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">1. List all the ** VISUAL ** and ** VERBAL ** film techniques used in the opening sequence. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">What does the ** opening sequence ** tell us about the Jigalong community? <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Why do you think the director chose to begin the film by showing this ** community **? <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">How are you ** positioned ** as the viewer? <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">2. Choose ** a sequence ** in the film, for example, when the girls are taken from Jigalong. Do the following tasks: <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">3. View the ** closing sequence ** of the film. What is Noyce’s intention in showing this ‘real’ footage of the adult Molly and Daisy? How effective is it? <span style="font-family: 'Calisto MT','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">SYMBOLS ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';"> <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Very early in the film, we see the symbol of the eagle, Molly’s totem, her spirit bird. Her mother tells her the eagle will look after her. When does the bird appear again in the fi lm and why? <span style="height: 99.5pt; margin-left: 461.3pt; margin-top: 8.95pt; position: absolute; width: 70pt; z-index: 15;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Describe the ** setting **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">What is the ** tone/atmosphere ** of this sequence? How is it created?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">What does ** sound ** contribute to this sequence?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">What is the effect of certain ** shots and angles ** in this sequence? Explain what they are and why you think they have been used.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">How does this sequence contribute to the development of ** character **?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">How does this sequence contribute to the development of ** theme **?

<span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Sketch some ** key symbols ** from the film and explain the ** significance ** of each. <span style="height: 61.5pt; margin-left: 183.05pt; margin-top: 11.05pt; position: absolute; width: 122.25pt; z-index: 13;"> <span style="height: 59.55pt; margin-left: 321.8pt; margin-top: 12.75pt; position: absolute; width: 95.25pt; z-index: 16;"> <span style="height: 59.8pt; margin-left: 0.05pt; margin-top: 11.05pt; position: absolute; width: 163.1pt; z-index: 14;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">

** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">REVIEW AND RESPONSE ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">A Find two published reviews of at least 300 words in length. Preferably, one from an Australian source and one from somewhere else. Go through them and in one colour highlight facts, in a different colour highlight the authors’ opinions. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">B Put the following elements of this film into your order of importance – explain your choices…. <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Give some examples from Rabbit-Proof Fence to support your point of view. <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">CHARACTER 2 – a deeper look ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';"> <span style="height: 76.35pt; margin-left: 418.35pt; margin-top: 23.45pt; position: absolute; width: 90.95pt; z-index: -5;"> <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Answer the following questions about the central characters in the film. Make specific references to the film in your answers… <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif';"> ** <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">MOLLY ** <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> // <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">Molly is not only very determined but also very clever. // <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• How did Molly, Daisy and Gracie learn what was expected of them at the mission? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Why would they have been denied the right to speak in their own language? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• What kinds of activities were the children involved in to ‘civilize and Christianize’ them? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Molly and the girls were well aware of the consequences if they tried to escape and were caught, yet Molly was prepared to take this risk. Why do you think Molly decided she should lead their escape? <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Identify the various strategies that she uses to evade capture and enable the girls to survive and pursue their journey to the end. <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Whenever Molly is asked where she is going, the answer is always the one word: ‘home’. • What does this concept mean to Molly? <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• When Molly and Daisy are reunited with Maude and their other family members, Molly is devastated when she tells them, ‘I lost one, I lost one’. What does his tell the viewer about Molly? <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> ** <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">GRACIE ** <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Why do you think Gracie was reluctant to escape? Why might she have changed her mind? <span style="height: 64.4pt; margin-left: 281.85pt; margin-top: 3.7pt; position: absolute; width: 79.7pt; z-index: 19;"> <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Why did Gracie want to run off to Wiluna? <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Why do you think she was caught? <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="height: 77.3pt; margin-left: 418.35pt; margin-top: 1.85pt; position: absolute; width: 62.5pt; z-index: -3;"> ** <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">RIGGS  ** <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Why do you think Riggs withdraws from the women’s camp at the end?
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<span style="height: 91.45pt; margin-left: 361.4pt; margin-top: 2.35pt; position: absolute; width: 155.85pt; z-index: -2;"> ** <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">MAUDE (MOTHER) AND GRANDMOTHER   ** <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Why do you think the grandmother would have hit herself with the stone? <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• How does the film depict the anguish of the adults when the girls are taken? Consider the acting, the setting, the sound effects and the use of symbolism. <span style="height: 118.5pt; margin-left: 399.8pt; margin-top: 5.65pt; position: absolute; width: 111pt; z-index: -1;"> <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> ** <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">MR NEVILLE - the Chief Protector of Aborigines  ** <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• What were his policies and official duties? <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Why was he implementing a policy of removal of ‘half caste children’? <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Why would some people today say that Neville’s policies were racist? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Why would Mr Neville have been so keen to keep news of the escape out of the paper? <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Outline Neville’s attitude towards the girls. Does it change over the course of the film? Give some examples of words and actions that indicate this change. <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Mr Neville uses many words and phrases to justify taking the girls away. // ‘unwanted third race’; ‘advance to white status’; ‘in spite of himself, the native must be helped’; they are our ‘special responsibility’ // <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">How would you judge Neville? Can he be seen as a product of his society and its values, or are the decisions he made universally wrong? <span style="height: 83.05pt; margin-left: 435.8pt; margin-top: 12.1pt; position: absolute; width: 81.45pt; z-index: -6;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">MOODOO - the Tracker ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Consider the role of Moodoo, the Aboriginal tracker. Do you think Moodoo gives up on searching for the girls? Do you think that he could have found the girls if he really wanted to? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• What reason may he have had for not wanting to find them? <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> ** <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">MAVIS ** <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> // <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The girls stumble across a remote farm where they meet Mavis, another Stolen Generations Aboriginal girl who is working as a domestic helper. // <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• What evidence is there to suggest that life is very difficult for Mavis? <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Why was she so keen for the girls to shelter with her for the night? <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Why did Mavis think that her boss would not report the girls? <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">• Why do you think that Mavis rejects the option of running away? <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">POST SCRIPT ** <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">The film tells us what happened to the girls: <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;"> <span style="color: #292526; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Gracie was transported back to Moore River settlement after her capture. Later she was sent out as domestic help on farms in the wheatbelt, and to institutions in the city. She married and had six children. She never returned to Jigalong and died in 1983. Daisy moved to the Jimalbar goldfields, then to a camp along the rabbit-proof fence south of Jigalong. She married and had four children. Later she lived and worked on a mission. Daisy now lives with her family at Jigalong. Molly was trained and employed as a domestic help on Balfour Downs station where she met and married Toby Kelly, a stockman. She had two daughters, Doris and Annabelle. In 1940, she was again transported to Moore River, and was denied permission to return to Balfour Downs. In January 1942, she again escaped, leaving Doris behind, but took her eighteen month old daughter on the same route she had taken nine years earlier. Three years later, Annabelle was taken from her, and Molly never saw her again. Molly and Toby worked on stations until their retirement in 1972. Molly now lives quietly at Jigalong, where she is actively involved in community affairs. <span style="font-family: 'Castellar','serif'; font-size: 11pt;">