Rabbit-Proof Fence 2002 quotes

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Molly Craig Everlyn Sampi · 1 quote
Moodoo David Gulpilil · 1 quote

Rabbit-Proof Fence quotes

Gracie
[In native language to her cousins]

New clothes!

Miss Jessop

This is your new home. We don't use that jabber here. You speak English.

If only they would understand what we are trying to do for them.

Just because people have Neolithic tools, Inspector, doesn't mean they have Neolithic minds.

Notice, if you will, the half-caste child. Now, what is to happen to them? Are we to allow the creation of an unwanted third race? Should colours be encouraged to go back to the black? Or should they be advanced to white status and be absorbed in the white population?

The continuing infiltration of white blood finally stamps out the black colour.

This is a true story - story of my sister Daisy, my cousin Gracie and me when we were little. Our people, the Jigalong mob, we were desert people then, walking all over our land. My mum told me about how the white people came to our country. They made a storehouse here at Jigalong - brought clothes and other things - flour, tobacco, tea. Gave them to us on ration day. We came there, made a camp nearby. They were building a long fence.