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This paper examines Doris Pilkington's book, "Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence", assessing it as a historical document and discussing how it could be used in a high school social studies classroom.

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"Doris Pilkington's "Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence" is a compelling story of three half-caste aboriginal girls in Australia who are taken from their mother under an initiative originated by the Chief Protector of the Aborigine Populace, A. O. Neville, and put into an orphanage, the Moore River Native Settlement, where they can eventually be married off to white men. Pilkington's story is based on the true experiences of her mother, Molly Craig, who is one of the three girls in the book. During their confinement at..."

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