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These Strangers, in a foreign World,
Protection asked of me—
Befriend them, lest Yourself in Heaven
Be found a Refugee—

"Refugee" by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/emily-dickinson
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12/29/23

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RABBIT PROOF FENCE is based on the true story of Molly Craig, her sister Daisy Kadibill and cousin Gracie Fields who, after being forcibly removed from their mothers in 1931, escaped from a mission settlement in order to find their way home in Jigalong, a remote indigenous community that lived semi-nomadically along the rabbit-proof fence—a more than 2,000-mile stretch of barbed wire fencing that was erected in 1900 to keep rabbits out of farmland in Western Australia.

Last I read Daisy Kadibil, the youngest sister of Molly, and cousin Gracie, died at age 95 in 2018. But in my heart, their story lives on forever.

Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time by Doris Pilkington, Molly's daughter.
shesprobablyatthelibrary.home.blog/2019/05/02/rabb…

"I will admit that I know very little about the Aboriginal community of Australia, other than, much like the Native population of the United States, they’ve been treated terribly (one of the books I read in the past few years contained the phrase, “Colonization is violence,” and it’s something I’ve never forgotten). Rabbit-Proof Fence highlights exactly how terribly, beginning with a few stories of the native community of western Australia before the white men show up, and then revealing how much the Aboriginals’ lives changed once these white men began to force them off the land their people had lived on for thousands of years. There are content warnings that go along with this early part; rape and murder are, tragically, part of every story of colonization.

Molly, who would one day become the author’s mother, is known as a half-caste, the daughter of an Aboriginal woman and a white man. She, along with her two half-caste cousins, Daisy and Gracie, are forcibly taken from their families and sent to an institution for Aboriginal children with white fathers. This was done at the Australian government’s behest because it was their belief that half-caste children were more intelligent than full-blooded Aboriginal children, and, as Molly’s paperwork stated, they hoped that ‘they will grow up with a better outlook on life than back at their camp.’ (Similar horrors were perpetrated upon the Native children of America and Canada, if you’re looking to enrage yourself further.) The three cousins, along with a fourth girl named Rosie, are taken to the East Perth Girls Home at the Moore River Native Settlement. Upon arrival, they’re expecting a school but are instead greeted by a bleak, overcrowded dormitory where the doors are chained, the windows have bars, the beds only have sheets when important visitors tour the facilities, and there are small cells where children who break the rules are locked in, sometimes for weeks at a time, after being whipped.

MONSTROUS
Molly, the eldest, makes up her mind immediately that she and her cousins aren’t staying. Having been trained in bushcraft and survival skills by her stepfather, Molly leads the girls out the next morning, and for the next nine weeks, they make a barefoot journey that spans 1600 km (994 miles), following the fence built by the colonizers to try to prevent the spread of rabbits (that the colonizers themselves brought in, because there’s seriously no end to the problems caused by people arrogant enough to claim someone else’s land as their own). They sleep in rabbit warrens and out in the elements, eating rabbit, emu chicks, baby cockatoos, and a feral cat along the way, occasionally stopping by a farmhouse to beg for a decent meal. Barely managing to evade the authorities, the girls return home (without Gracie, who left to find her mother before reaching the end), but their stories have no happy endings. Colonization is violence. Never forget that.

GOD, this story is utter tragedy. Tragedy in what was lost, tragedy in what could have been lost, tragedy in that none of this story needed to occur because the girls’ families should have been left alone to live their lives. There’s a heartbreaking write-up where Ms. Pilkington details how the girls fared as they grew into adults. Daisy is the only one with a halfway happy story; Molly and Ms. Pilkington’s own lives continued to be marred by the brutal policies of the white men long after Molly returned home. So much heartbreak forced onto people who didn’t deserve it. So much pointless heartbreak.

Despite the sorrow that infects every page of this book, I did enjoy the experience of reading it. Ms. Pilkington describes the customs and lives of her people with such love that it’s impossible not to be drawn in and want to know more. The girls’s dialogue is peppered with phrases from their Mardu language (there’s a glossary in back!), and having only seen Aboriginal Australian language in print a few times before this, I was fascinated. The mixture of strength and desperation that the girls must have felt in order to undertake such a journey is impossible for me to begin to fathom; even thinking about it makes me want to throw things. There’s seriously no limit to the horror that humans are eager to inflict upon one another, and it disgusts me that so many people continue to defend these kinds of policies.

A movie was made from this book in 2002; my library has a copy, so I may grab it this week when I return the book. Rabbit-Proof Fence is a short book, but it packs a punch. Don’t let that stop you; the story of these girls and all peoples native to Australia need to be heard.

Doris Pilkington (Molly's daughter), born Nugi Garimara, passed away in 2014."
SOURCE: shesprobablyatthelibrary.home.blog/2019/05/02/rabb…

HONORING and In Memory of Molly, Gracie and Daisy, and All Stolen Generations. ~ AC

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1. Daphne Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) - www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/
SEE DSWT VIDEO: https://youtu.be/YvPDsXmlcow
2. and Jabulani Elephant Orphanage - HERD: Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development, South Africa. herd.org.za/meet-the-herd/

Snares, poaching, habitat loss and human conflict. The greatest threat to African elephants is poaching for the ivory trade. THEY NEED OUR HELP. We can't save them all but we can save many and give them a 2nd chance at life. On behalf of Adine Roode (HERD) and Dame Daphne Sheldrick (DSWT) I hope this post helps. Thank you!

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The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.

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There is a user that uses the Russian name: Алена Алая. She is spamming my videos hundreds of times, the same comment over and over. This is what she writing and I suspect the reason is to get me in trouble:

*"Look up channel No Comments "Planet Lockdown" by Katherine Fits. Channel Gorman Lennox!!!
Rashid Buttar "Bill Gates wants to vaccinate all Planet"!!!"*

I have reported this Diseased Vermin to youtube on August 13, 2021, IF IN FACT IS IS A REAL PERSON and not youtube automation themselves. Lets see if anything is useful is done to stop this sicko from spamming my videos and/or FIX Youtube's Wicked Army of Darkness. This is not the first time.

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Today, February 17, 2021, is the three year anniversary of the passing of Frederick Poxon from this world to the next. I Love and miss him still. One day I hope to see you again. So long for now ....

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