Bandicoot –are small marsupials indigenous to Australia (Wiki Bandicoot)
Goanna – in Australia this is a type of monitor lizard with over 20 varies ranging in size and color (Outback)
Going bush – to break away into “the bush” and be uncivilized (Dictionary.com)
Bush (as Terrian) – an area of terrain covered by diverse plant life; terrain which is has been unfarmed by man (Dictionary.com)
Dreamtime – “any remote period” detached from the present facts (Dictionary.com)
Walkabout – a walk that is done with no set ending time and done “in the Outback by Aborigines” (Australian Slang)
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The film maker made sure to get an Indigenous population involved on working on the movie. They brought authenticity to the story as they acted in the film as well as provided artifacts. In addition, traditions and the culture was pressured as oppose to another interpretation. Furthermore, the study guide gave an abundant amount of resources to explore so one could gain a deeper understanding of the Indigenous heritage.
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The Australian government believed they were protecting the tribe as well as the children (Rabbit Proof Fence). This was an attempt to phase out half Aboriginal and half white children as if it was wrong to be half blood (Rabbit Proof Fence). The girls are taken over 1200 miles away from their home to Moore River where they were to be taught how to become domestic servants to the Anglo population (Rabbit Proof Fence). Not only were they ripped away from their families but they were stripped of their identity, culture and bush homeland (Rabbit Proof Fence). The girls ran away and began the long walk back home as if they were going bush. As they fled they were many people who tried to find them and bring them back to Moore River (Rabbit Proof Fence). They were able to elude anyone following them even the tracker (Rabbit Proof Fence). They followed the fence known to keep the rabbits away from the farm lands in order to find their way back home (Rabbit Proof Fence). At one point in the film one of the girls are captured and sent back to Moore River (Rabbit Proof Fence). The other girls have to continue without her as they could not risk going back to get her as they might get caught themselves (Rabbit Proof Fence). The journey proved to be