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Rabbit Proof Fence. Samantha Wallace. About the Film. This film was directed in 2002 by Phillip Noyce . It was set in 1931 in the Western Australian outback. It is based on a true story and a novel written by one of the characters actual daughter. Storyline of the Film. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Rabbit Proof FenceSamantha Wallace
About the Film
O This film was directed in 2002 by Phillip Noyce.
O It was set in 1931 in the Western Australian outback.
O It is based on a true story and a novel written by one of the characters actual daughter.
Storyline of the FilmO The three main characters
were all half caste children taken 2000 km away from their family and home.
O They were made to learn the white way in order to try and breed out the Aboriginal race.
O However, they were determined to go home so ran away following the rabbit proof fence.
Stolen Generations
O The stolen generations involved Government Agencies forcibly removing aboriginal children from their families and homes and placing them in institutions or being adopted particularly the half caste children out to non-Indigenous families.
O They did this so that they could try and breed out the aboriginal race, culture and language using the policy of assimilation.
The Aboriginal Protection Board believed: “that by separating these mixed children from their families and culture would be more effective”.
Primary SourceO The Assimilation Policy is an example of a
primary source that supports the events expressed throughout the film.
O Stories told as a result of this policy- “We was bought like a market. We all lined up
in white dress and they would come round and pick you out like you was for sale.”
Historical Debate
“The Ten Big Fictions of the Rabbit Proof Fence”
O The debate is over the historical accuracy of the film, Rabbit Proof Fence, and these were made in late 2009 and early 2010.
O The main historian behind this debate is a man by the name of Keith Windschuttle.
O He has evidence to suggest that some of the events that took place in this film did not actually occur in reality.
Keith Windschuttle
O He is a writer, historian and former ABC board member.
O He has a specific focus on the Australian history including that of the Aboriginal people.
O He has written his own series of books called ‘The Fabrication of Aboriginal History’.
Secondary Source
O This series of books are secondary sources based on the event of the stolen generations which is highlighted in the film.
O This includes ‘The Fabrication of Aboriginal History, Volume Three, The Stolen Generations 1881-2008’“The Stolen
Generations were a myth”.
Primary SourceO In 1997 the Australian Human Rights Commission
created the Bringing Them Home Report which showed the devastating affects of the removal policies causing the stolen generations.
Andrew BoltO Andrew Bolt is another man
that sides with Keith Windschuttle in disagreeing with the stolen generations.
O He makes a strong contrast to this film by stating that children were not removed because of purely racial reasons but for other reasons.
BibliographyO Stolen Generations, Ten Big Fictions of Rabbit Proof Fence, last accessed:
22/07/14, http://www.stolengenerations.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=226&Itemid=169
O The Australian, Rabbit-Proof Fence grossly inaccurate, last accessed: 23/07/14, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/rabbit-proof-fence-grossly-inaccurate-says-keith-windschuttle/story-e6frg6n6-1225809998531
O The Guardian, Rabbit Proof Fence: Rewatching classic Australian films, last accessed: 23/07/14, http://www.theguardian.com/film/australia-culture-blog/2013/dec/20/rabbit-proof-fence-rewatching-classic-australian-films
O Wikipedia, Rabbit Proof Fence, last accessed: 20/07/14, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit-Proof_Fence_%28film%29
O Wikipedia, last accessed: 20/07/14, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Windschuttle
O Wikipedia, last accessed: 20/07/14, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_BoltO Quadrat Online, Turning saving into stealing, last accessed: 22/07/14,
http://quadrant.org.au/opinion/history-wars/2010/05/wa-missionaries-stealing-girls/
O Herald Sun, Take down this Rabbit Proof Fence, last accessed: 23/07/14, http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/column_take_down_this_rabbit_proof_fence/
O NSDC, History of the Stolen Generation, last accessed: 23/07/14, http://www.nsdc.org.au/stolen-generations/history-of-the-stolen-generations/the-history-of-the-stolen-generations