History Essay – Rabbit Proof Fence The film ‘Rabbit Proof Fence” by Phillip Noyce is based on a true story of three Aboriginal girls‚ who were taken away from their family in 1931. Noyce portrays the varying experiences of the stolen generations through the journey of the young girls as they try to escape and head back home to their family‚ home and land. Factors contributing to their experience include The Moore River Settlement institution‚ the challenges they occur through their journey‚ as well
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Related Material Analysis Rabbit Proof Fence- 2002 Phillip Noyce How does Rabbit-Proof Fence explore the concept of journeys? Introduction The Film Rabbit-Proof Fence directed by Phillip Noyce in 2002 explores the concept of journeys through the telling of the story of three girls as they are captured and sent to the Moore River Native Settlement in Outback Australia. The three girls dually escape and set off on a 1600km trek‚ guided by the Rabbit Proof Fence back to Jigalong to be reunited
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that I have chosen to associate with journeys is the film‚ Rabbit Proof Fence directed by Phillip Noyce. The film relates to the journey concept as it is based on a true story of three Aboriginal girls who were forcibly removed from their mothers in 1931 to a settlement 2000 kilometres away‚ where the Aboriginal children were forced to accept & adapt to the Australian way of life. They escaped & walked for 9 weeks along the rabbit proof fence which was their only guide to return home to be reunited
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land‚ and into a new society world. These themes can be seen in Alice Pung’s Asian-Australian memoir ‘Unpolished Gem’ and the film ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ directed by Philip Noyce. Another related film ‘The Blind Side’ written and directed by John Lee Hancock‚ which also explores the same concept of belonging. The novel ‘Unpolished Gem’ and two films ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ and ‘The Blind Side’ are stories of telling ones journey to find a sense of belonging. The main character Alice Pung in Unpolished
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Rabbit Proof Fence in the context of Australian identity: In the introductory lecture our attention was focused on a number of core themes which run throughout the course. One such theme was the concept of a nation and the way in which cultural products of the nation shape our sense of identity. Rabbit Proof Fence is an important film to examine within this context as it is the first international film to examine the issue of Australia’s Stolen Generation. The film brought the story of the
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“Rabbit Proof Fence” When Phillip Noyce took on the task of directing the film ‘Rabbit Proof fence’ his intention was to expose the truth of the ‘Stolen Generation’ which occurred in Australia from 1900 to 1969. Noyce’s purpose for the film was to position his viewers to accept and feel compassion and sympathy for the Australian Aborigines. The film ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ is based on the novel ‘Follow the Rabbit proof Fence’ written by Doris Pilkington Garimara‚ the daughter of the main character
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keystone in some of the unjust laws that perpetuate in many countries around the world. Australian aborigines had lived on the continent thousands of years before the Europeans arrived. The dramatization of Rabbit-Proof Fence: Australia’s Stolen Generations‚ tells the story of three children‚ Molly‚ Daisy‚ and Gracie‚ that were taken from their mother and family and put into a state funded school for children that are half-cast‚ that is half Aboriginal and half European. According to the film‚ the goal
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RPF Molly Craig: [about everybody in Moore River] This people... make me sick! Moodoo: This girl is clever. She wants to go home. Mr. A. O. Neville‚ the Chief Protector of Aborigines‚ is the legal guardian of every Aborigine in the State of Western Australia. He has the power "to remove any half-caste child" from their family‚ from anywhere within the state. A.O. Neville: If only they would understand what we are trying to do for them A.O. Neville: Just because people have Neolithic
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due to cultural differences. The notion of not belonging additionally‚ is illustrated in Peter Skrzynecki’s other poem‚ St Patrick’s College as during the persona’s education‚ he becomes more alienated from the school. In comparison‚ the film Rabbit Proof Fence directed by Phillip Noyce illustrates how cultural intervention eventually‚ can alter a family perspective on belonging. Each text powerfully
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The experience of journeys provides opportunity for obstacles and determination. Bystanders possess an important role in journeys as they maybe the facilitators‚ of change or be the audience who themselves have to go on their own journey. “Rabbit Proof Fence” directed by Phillip Noyce in 2002 in conjunction with the related texts The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and the audio text Mawson: Life and Death in the Antarctic directed by Malcolm Mcdonald capture the intricacy of the experience
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