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Colin, Erich, Milena, Sally

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The Study guide questions:

After watching the film
When I remind myself that the film is based on a true story that also happened in many cases it makes me feel angry. Angry at Mr Neville, angry at those policemen, angry at the general public for being so gullible as to thinking they were helping the Aboriginals. At the same time I am also able to appreciate this as a good film as in my opinion the director balanced the main message of the tale equally with the truth. Rabbit Proof fence takes you back on a journey to the Australia of 1931, a time of racism and disregard to the aboriginal people. The films powerful plot illustrates the story of the stolen generations creating the image of how half cast or half white aboriginal children were forcibly taken from their homes and parents to be "educated in the white way". It is a one of a kind unique film as it shows this secret history of Australia from the Indigenous perspective. Stolen generations, Flinders rangers, Molly, Gracie, Daisy, Mr Neville, what happened to the stolen generations. Rabbit proof fence is an educational film based on a book about the stolen generations. It was set in Western Australia but filmed in the flinders rangers. In the film Molly, Gracie and Daisy are taken from their home by Mr Neville to a location 800 miles away. They find themselves in a Centre in which the sole purpose of it is to make aboriginal children white. After a while at the Centre they make a daring escape and with the help of the rabbit proof fence they make their way home. This film really opened my mind and helped me recognise why the aboriginal people were so angry about the stolen generations and wanted recompense.
 * === Firstly, write down a few of your own thoughts about the film **//Rabbit Proof Fence//. How did you react to the film? Did you enjoy it Why/why not? Discuss your views with other class mates.** ===
 * **What do you think are the films key features and issues?**
 * **Write two different descriptions: one in a few short words or phrases and another in a full paragraph commenting on its style, what the film is about, were it is filmed, the key characters and what you learnt from the film. Discuss the different impressions you create with the language you choose.**

Firstly genre is different categories that we put literature and art into. I would classify Rabbit Proof Fence as drama because it realistically depicts characters in emotional settings causing conflicts between them. For example when Gracie finds out her mum is in the town of Valona she argues with Molly and Daisy resulting in her going to the town and being captured At the beginning of the movie Molly, Gracie and Daises home Jigalong is introduced through a long shot to show the viewer the dry rugged terrain. However this shot is taken from a high angle to make it seem insignificant, just as the Europeans thought of the aboriginal people at the time. When Molly, Gracie and Daisy are taken away from Jigalong a low camera angle is used to make the car that is carrying them away look bigger, more powerful and significant (which was how the whit people thought of themselves). As the film progresses another long shot is used to introduce the Moree River Centre this however is taken from a level angle and is entirely a recognisance shot. Throughout the film other shot types are used such as medium shots and close shots. A good example of this is when Molly and Daisy finally make it back to Jigalong. A medium shot is first used to show them running to their mother accompanied by close-ups showing tremendous joy flooding into their faces.
 * **How would you describe the genre of the film?**
 * **The film passes through several phrases. What techniques does the director use to does the director use to reflect and define these different phrases?**

The leading revelation in the film to me was Molly's apparent lack of concern when Gracie left their trio to go to the town where she thought her Mother was. This was surprising because it seemed out of character for Gracie to not follow Molly and for Molly to be cold hearted to the point she just walked away in the direction they had been heading.
 * **Which features of the events and scenes of the film surprise you? Explain your answer**

Dead Calm, The Bone collector, Catch A Fire, The Quiet American etc The Flinders Ranges landscape is widely diverse, allowing the produces to shoot the film without having to travel the 800 miles that Molly and company traversed. Such distances would increase production costs. Secondly Jigalong is in the middle of central Australia; therefore it is hotter and dryer there, making the conditions more difficult for filming. Being a drama Rabbit Proof Fence has many different emotions expressed by the characters in it. Lighting was effectively used to create mood, along with sound effects. A great example of this is the scene when Gracie has gone off on her own. The scene immediately after this it is raining, there are thunder clouds in the sky. This was a good subtle way to show the characters mood through with effective accompanying sound effects. The camera angle used quite regularly was a high angle which successful y made the girls look smaller, less significant and terrified.
 * **What other films has Phillip Noyce directed?**
 * **The film was shot in the Flinders Ranges in Adelaide. Why do you think the production team chose the=is location instead of shooting in Jigalong where the film is actually set?**
 * **How did the camera man use specific camera angles and lighting in the film to indicate different moods? What did you notice about the camera angles as the girls became more threatened ?**

**__The Start of the Film__**
 * **How do the film makers begin the film and engage us in the story?**

The film begins with an overview long shot of the arid desert and a voice over commentary with aboriginal music in the background. It then leads on to show the aboriginal community near Jigalong. This is engaging as it gives you an insight as to how aboriginal communities functioned then. They were trying to keep to their traditional ways by hunting for food, but you soon see how their lifestyle has changed and they are more reliant on government handouts. The opening of the film gives nothing away in the sense of what happens as you believe this will be a story about aboriginal desert life and how the workers on the rabbit proof fence effected it. From the start of the film you can see the life as the aboriginal people once knew it has changed. They are still trying to keep to their traditional ways by hunting for food and living in rough shelters, but have become reliant on the provisions the whites have been giving them. You also get the impression that the aboriginal families care very much for their children and are constantly teaching their children about the traditional way of life. After nine weeks of walking across the endless desert Molly and Daisy finally arrive back in Jigalong. It is here that the bird is seen again gliding through sky sounding its call. The bird reappears here to confirm what molly's Mother said. The bird has protected and guided her and Daisy back to their home. When I think of the police I think of people who help keep the peace and are there to keep communities safe. In Aboriginal communities however it soon comes apparent that this is not their job. Their job seems mainly to monitor the Aboriginals and look for half-Casts to be taken away. From the beginning it is crystal clear that the aboriginal people and especially Molly’s and other mothers are afraid of the police. Whenever they see a police officer they quickly hide Molly and the other "half caste" children as they know if the police catch them they will be taken away forever and that is what they truly fear. Just as at the beginning I still despise the police at the end of the film. Although they are just obeying orders it seems they don't have a conscience. Gracie never made it back to Jigalong and Molly’s youngest child had been comprehended. The knowledge that this went on until 1970 is something that I find hard to comprehend as that meant it was happening until just 40 years, a period when my parents were children.
 * **When the film begins what do you think you are seeing at first?**
 * **What impressions do you get of life in the desert aboriginal community?**
 * **Very early in the film, we see the eagle, Molly's totem, her spirit bird. Her mother tells her the eagle will look after her. When does that bird appear again the film and why?**
 * **What impression do you get of the role of the policemen in the aboriginal community?**
 * **How do we know Aboriginal people fear the police?**
 * **By the end of the film has your opinion of the police changed? Why? Why not?**

**__Mr Neville, The Chief Protector of Aboriginals__** **__Molly:__** Why did you take me away from Jigalong all those years ago, Mr Neville?
 * **Imagine years later Molly meets with Neville and has a chance to answer these justifications. Write a dialogue between the two.**

**__Neville:__** Hello, Molly isn't it. The reason I took you away is because you were an unwanted third race, a half cast not Aboriginal or European. Why can't you see we were just trying to help you, as you were our responsibility.

**__Molly:__** I was not an unwanted third race as the day I was taken away my Mother fought to stop the police men. Also were not your responsibility, we hunt for ourselves and didn’t need the provisions you gave until you made us dependant on them. We have lived in this land for thousands of years so it is our responsibility.

**__Neville:__** But had you stayed at Moore River to be educated you would have advanced to white status and only we can do that. Therefore you were our responsibility!

**__Molly:__** No you are wrong! I did not want to advance to 'white status' I just wanted to like in Jigalong with my mother in a traditional lifestyle. Just as the white children lived with their families. Imagine your own children being torn from their mothers arms, as you did to me.

**__Neville:__** Very well then, I think this brings our discussion to a close. You may leave.

**__Molly:__** No Mr Neville, it is you who may leave my peoples traditional lands right now.

//__Write or explain the different reactions that these people would have to Neville’s views on the treatment of Aboriginal people he defines as ‘half caste’ or ‘quadroon’:__// This man is going the right way for things as we can’t have another group of people out of no where. We must get rid of them as well as these black people as we are superior and they should be taken to our level of conduct. This is not right. You are taking away my child and now give them back you petty thieving man. You have no right to rule us or our children’s lives. Go back to your own country with the rest of your kinds. They are our children and always will be. If you want a half caste child, go get your own or make your own. They are ours and you can’t take them away. This is kind of right and wrong as Neville should not be allowed to do these treacherous things and if he was trying to help them he would have told them that and if they said ‘no’ then he shouldn’t be refusing it. That is not right and we are sorry to all those who suffered from the hands of the former government and I hope you can forgive us. We know what we did was wrong but do not blame us, blame our ancestor’s thoughts.
 * 1) //__One of the women in the room listening to his explanations at the time (1931)__//
 * 1) //__One of the mothers trying to make contact with their children__//
 * 1) //__Molly’s mother__//
 * 1) //__Member of you class watching the film__//
 * 1) //__Government policy makers today__//

**Why would some people say today that some of Neville's polices were racist?** Mr Neville Chief Protector to the Aboriginal people often justified some of his policies by noting how the aboriginal people were primitive savages, with primitive tools, prone to barbaric ways and therefore they could not be trusted to look after their children. The even more racist part of this is that he only authorised the removal of half white aboriginal children indicating that the darker skin Aboriginals were stupid and not worth expending any resources at all.

Mr AO Neville was appointed (not elected) to the official role for protector of the Aboriginal people in Western Australia. He was every Aboriginal’s legal guardian and had almost unlimited power only answering to the premier himself. His most outrageous policy was the act authorising the removal of any half-cast (half white) aboriginal children.
 * **What were his policies and official duties?**

Mr Neville naively believed that a half or quarter cast aboriginal child was smarter than a full blood one and with proper education the aboriginal part could be bread out so that no third race occurred. He misguidedly believed that he was helping the aboriginal children not destroying their lifes.
 * **Why was he implementing a policy of removal of 'half caste children'?**

When you first meet Mr Neville he seems to think the girls are dumb and tries to be nice to them to help them. Later on once they escape he begins to appreciate their persistence and intelligence but still believes that their recapture will benefit them. Finally near the end of the film he seems to give up for good as he may have decided they were too Aboriginal, that is, not white enough.
 * **Outline Neville's attitude towards the girls. Does it change over the course of the film?**

"If only they knew we were trying to help them." "Just because they use primitive tools, it does not mean they have primitive minds" "At present we lack the funds to pursue the two missing half cast girls, Molly and Daisy."
 * **Give some examples of words and actions that indicate the change.**

Mr Neville was probably not a bad person. He believed strongly in what he did and in another job may have been remembered for more positive acts. When he authorised for the removal of half cast aboriginal children he was doing the right thing in his society and era, as at the time the white people saw themselves as superior beings to black people and therefore it was right for them to help black people have a “better”life.
 * **How would you judge Neville? Can he be seen as a product of his society and its values, or are the decisions he made universally wrong? You might want to consider some of Neville's own words (above) in answering this question.**

**Jigalong Depot**
 * 1) **Jot down words to describe Jigalong Depot**

Jigalong Depot is dirty and dusty storage for food and needs. Placed in the middle of nowhere and where Aboriginals live and dawdle around.
 * 1) **Why were depots like this established throughout Australia with Aboriginal protectors?**

Depots like this were established around Australia for Rabbit, and other animal hunters. Depots consisted of necessities and needs for people to take during their journey. Also there were Aboriginal protectors on the depots guarding it and trained to become a domestic servant.
 * 1) **Find out why it was necessary for the government to hand out blankets, tobacco, and flour.**

It was necessary for government to hand out blankets, tobacco and flour since it was their most needs.

**When the children were taken**
 * 1) **In your own words, describe the scene when the children are taken and how the tension is built up. Comment on how you feel, the music, the reactions of the children and women. How do the sound effects and music add to the feelings of fear and confusion? How is the panic of the girls conveyed?**

When the children are taken away the tempo of the music gets faster to build up tension and brings mood in to the movie. Also the music is very dramatic. The reactions of the children and the women are very big they are wanting together where they are actually splitted up. The children hold on to their mother, not letting go, and trying their best to not get in the car. We can see that they are panicking when they are running from their grasp.
 * 1) **How does the film depict the anguish of the mothers whose children are taken? Also consider the acting, the settings, the sound effects and the use of symbolism.**

The film depicts the anguish of the mothers whose children are taken by their facial and body languages. They lie down and cry to show that they are upset and in pain.
 * 1) **Write a description of the scene through the eyes of Molly, one of the mothers or Riggs, the police officer.**

**The scene seems very tense. Molly seems like she is eager to get away from Riggs, the police officer, since she believes that she is not able to see her family again. There are tear on her eyes which shows us the sadness.**
 * 1) **Why do you think the grand mother would have hit herself with the stone?**

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 맑은 고딕;">**I think the grand mother would have hit herself since she thought that she was guilty that she couldn’t have save the children and that she didn’t have anything that she could have done to help them out of this situation.**
 * 1) <span style="color: #002060; font-family: 맑은 고딕; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">**Record how you think each of the children would have been feeling as they were locked up in the train.**

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 맑은 고딕;">**The children would have been all tired and exhausted from all the pulling and pushing with Riggs, the police officer. They probably had let go of all their hope and was devastated and believed to become domestic servants.**

<span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">**Arrival at the Moore River Native Settlement**

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 맑은 고딕;">**1. Write or explain how each girl might have felt as they arrived at the**

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 맑은 고딕;">**Moore River Native Settlement.**

<span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">The three girls would have felt foreign and unfamiliar when they arrived at the Moore River Native Settlement. They probably didn’t want to adapt to society.

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 맑은 고딕;">**2. How might they have reacted to seeing the nun for the first time?** <span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">When the girls Molly, Gracie and Daisy saw the nuns for the first time, they might have thought that the nuns were unnecessarily angry all the time and forced the girls to fit in to the European culture. They were also was fussy and strict on every single movement they took.

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 맑은 고딕;">**3. What are your impressions of the conditions at the Moore River Native**

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 맑은 고딕;">**Settlement?**

<span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">I think the Moore River Native Settlement is very uncared and unclean. Since they are Aboriginal kids, I believe that the people in charge didn’t really care about the environment around them. About 20 kids also had the same bedroom which meant that they didn’t want to waste money on them.

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 맑은 고딕;">**4. Why do you think that some children excepted their fate, whereas others were desperate to escape?**

<span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">Some children excepted their fate since they adapted well to the environment and some were orphans so they didn’t have any where to go back to. Some were also scared to escape from it. But kids like Molly, Gracie and Daisy had families to go back which made them not except their fate.

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 맑은 고딕;">**5. What were your consequences for those who escaped and were caught by**

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 맑은 고딕;">**the tracker?**

<span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">The consequences for those who escaped and were caught was getting whipped, isolation and if it was a girl, they would have been shaved.

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 맑은 고딕;">**6. How did Molly, Gracie and Daisy learn what was expected of them at the mission?**

<span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">They learnt their expectation of them at the mission by some friend such as Nina. The expectations were eating everything or anything they were given and say the prayer and not speaking in their language.

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 맑은 고딕;">**7. Why would they have been denied the right to speak in their own language?**

<span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">They would have been denied to speak their language since the mission was there to teach them the European culture, or in other words, to get rid of their aboriginality.

<span style="color: #002060; font-family: 맑은 고딕;">**8. What kinds of activities were the children involved in to ‘civilize and Christianize’ them?**

<span style="font-family: 맑은 고딕;">The activities they were involved was saying the prayer.

__**THE ESCAPE**__

//Molly and the girls were well aware of the consequences if they tried to escape snd were caught, yet Molly was prepared to take this risk.//

Olive was a girl, prepared to go out and meet upi with her boyfriend. She was caught by the Black Tracker, and brought back to a small room as to where she would go in and get whipped. All of Olive's hair was shaved off also, as a punishment to running away. After the girls saw what happened to Olive, they were most-likley in shock, however Molly being the oldest, strongest and smartest was determined to go, and find her family again. She had learnt life lessons from her grandmother in the past, and was probably one of the reasons she felt she should lead the way back home.. Gracie began to like her stay there, and was also afraid of what might happen to her if she was caught going back home. In the end, Gracie realized that she would rather stay as a family, and had to make a quick decision at the time, which concluded in her leaving. The music in that scene creates tension, but also makes viewers very excited about the things to come. If the Aboriginal Black Tracker will find them ? If they will be punished ? Will their grandmothers be aware of what will happen to them if they are caught ? What will their grandmothers do when they find out their granddaughters are being whipped ?
 * **What happened to Olive when she was caught ?**
 * **Why do you think molly Decided she should lead their escape ?**
 * **Why do you think Gracie was reluctant to go ? Why might she have changed her mind ?**
 * **How is the music used in the escape scene to heighten the atmosphere?**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">__**THE BLACK TRACKER**__

I think Moodoo, the Aboriginal Black Tracker, could have put more effort into finding the girls, but found he felt sorry for them, and would not like to see them punished as he has a daughter there and knows that if he wasn't there to see his daughter, he wouldn't be a very happy man. Yes, because he puts himself in Molly's shoes and realizes he would do the same.
 * **Consider the role of Moodoo, the Aboriginal tracker. Do you think that he could have found the girls if he really wanted to. What reason may he have had for not wanting to find them ?**
 * **Do you think Moodoo gives up on searching for the girls ? Why or why not ?**

__**SURVIVAL ON THE JOURNEY HOME**__

Very excited and rebellious knowing that they could be caught and punished very harshly. More and more anxious about getting caught but relieved that its almost over and almot 'home'. Because he doesn't want other Aboriginal children to think that they can escape just as easily. Mr Neville would only publish stories that the children has been caught and punished for it so that it was a warning to every other Aboriginal child.
 * **how do you think each of the girls might have been feeling after they first escaped ?**
 * **How would their moods and feelings have changed as their journey continued ?**
 * **Why would Mr neville have been so keen to keep news of the escape out of the paper ?**

The woman at the farm was also in their situation as a child, and felt she was very close to them already and knew about their needs. She told the authorities because she knew they had to stay at that camp, because every other child was there, and these three girls didn't deserve to be the only ones that don't suffer.
 * **What might have motivated the women at the farm to give the children clothes and food, but then inform the authorities of their wherabouts ?**

//Molly is not only determined but also very clever.//

At the beginning of their first escape, Molly, Gracie, and Daisy were near a river. Molly told them too go through the river so that their tracks would be lost. Before doing this she took Daisy's bag and put it onto a rock which lead to the opposite direction to where they were going, confusing the Black Tracker. Also, when at the farm, Molly stole a pair of socks that were hanging out to dry, so that no sign of her original foot prints were made, and to make it easier on her feet. The country they crossed was a dry land with not many signs of people or living animals. It was a flat out country and looked like it would never end, and that there was no where to go.
 * **Identify the various strategies that she used to evade capture and enable the girls to survive and pursue their journey to the end.**
 * **How would you describe the country that the girls had to cross on their journey ? Use and atlas to help construct your answer to this question.**

//Whenever Molly is asked where she is going, the answer to that is always one word ; 'home'.// Molly's idea of home is the most important thing in the world to her. It means family.
 * **What does this concept concept mean to Molly ? Represent Molly's concept of home either as a drawing or as a poem.**

//Home a place of comfort// //Home a place you love// //Home a place you make a living// //Not home, you feel alone.//

// **__Meeting Mavis__** //

__What evidence is there that suggest that life is difficult for Mavis?__

// Life for Mavis is hard as the evidence of a small cabin, many working chores, having few possessions, and bringing only small portions of food back to the children that indicates small amounts of food overall. //

__Why was she so keen for the girls to shelter with her at night?__

// Mavis feels sad for the three run away children. Another reason is that she may have been one of them one day when she was younger. //

__Why did Mavis think her boss would not report the girls?__

// Mavis believes her boss will not report the girls as she had helped him so much and wanted something back. She expected that he would do this for her. //

__Why do you think that Mavis rejects the option of running away?__

// Mavis didn’t want the girls to run as her boss may think she was trying to smuggle them out of the reach of white authority. If she didn’t, she wouldn’t get in as much trouble as it would seem she had pinned them down and was trying to help. //

// **__Returning to Jigalong__** //

__Why did Gracie want to run off to Wiluna?__

// Gracie, the cousin of Molly and Daisy, went off to Wiluna and split off from the others as a stranger they met on their way told Gracie that her mother was in a town that can be reached by taking the train from Wiluna. //

__Why did the girls subsequently follow her there?__

// The two girls went looking for Gracie at the Wiluna train station as they wanted to return to Jigalong together and be reunited with their families. //

__Why do you think she was caught?__

// Gracie was caught as she wanted to see her mother as quickly as possible. She was also gullible to believe a stranger they met halfway knowing he may be lying or working with Neville. In the end she was tricked and was taken back just when Molly and Daisy had arrived to the station but Molly and Gracie had been able to avoid them as they hid as they called for Gracie. //

__Why do you think Riggs withdraws from the women’s camp?__

// Riggs retreated from the Aboriginal women’s camp even though he had a rifle and they only had sticks, because he feared if he approached anymore, he would be attacked and the fatality of an aboriginal throwing a spear was nearly one hundred percent. The gun had a chance of missing or hitting just an arm or leg. If he did kill one of them, he would be prosecuted for murder as he attacked an aboriginal without being firstly provoked or attacked. //

__Do you think Neville has changed his views at all?__

// Mr Neville’s view may have not changed at all in the time of his life and he may have thought that he needs tighter security in the area. This is because two girls were able to get past him in the broad daylight. He may have changed the order of things having a nun watch them all go to the hall or church before they leave themselves so no one is to run away in the morning. //

__Write a short storyline describing the sequence of events in the closing scenes of film.__

// Gracie is taken away back to the Moore River Camp and Molly and Daisy get back to Jigalong to their mother and grandmother. Right after they were reunited, they fled for the deserts so they would be hidden and not found and taken back. After years, Molly was married to a white man and had two children. Molly went back to rescue the younger one that was only 18 months old. When the child was 3, it was taken back to the camp and Molly never saw them again. Gracie never made it back to Jigalong. //

// **__Working towards Reconciliation__** //

__Why did you learn from viewing Rabbit Proof Fence that you did not know before?__

// I learnt that many aboriginal children were taken from their homes and brought to other camps to become white. The white were trying to breed out the aboriginals and basically exterminate the aboriginal. //

__How does this knowledge help you understand Indigenous people today?__

// Indigenous people of Australia today have a better life than what they had many years ago and they have lost most of their other brothers and sisters in this occasion. //

<span style="color: #00ffa9; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The group evaluation

From the day we all received the assignment, our group knew it would be a challenge to get the work done by the due date, (in just one week!) However, each member managed their time well as we all sent our assignments to Milena in good time for her to post it up on the Wiki by Sunday night. Unfortunately our group neglected to use the discussion forum on our page as a means of effective communication. Nevertheless I believe there was an acceptable level of communication and organisation as we all knew what questions we were doing and when to do them by, through the use of verbal communication during class time which was allocated for that purpose. In my opinion there was a lack of cohesion as to how we should be formatting our work as each person used different fonts and sizes for their questions and answers. Although in the end our work was submitted in full, there were some questions that could have had more detail added or that a deeper meaning could have been instituted. There were also evidently some poorer attempts at questions that should have been answered more fully and with proper sentence structure.