Editing Rabbit-Proof Fence (section)

==Plot==
In 1931, two sisters{{snd}}14-year-old Molly and 8-year-old Daisy{{snd}}and their 10-year-old cousin Gracie are living in the [[Western Australian]] town of [[Jigalong Community, Western Australia|Jigalong]]. The town lies along the northern part of one of the fences making up [[Australia]]'s [[rabbit-proof fence]] (called Number One Fence), which runs for over one thousand miles.

More than a thousand miles away in [[Perth]], the official [[Chief Protector of Aborigines|Protector of Western Australian Aborigines]], [[A. O. Neville]] (called Mr. Devil by them), signs an order to relocate the three girls to the Moore River Native Settlement. The children are referred to by Neville as "[[half-caste]]s", because they each have Aboriginal mothers and white fathers. Neville had concluded that the Aboriginal people of Australia were a danger to themselves, and the "half-castes" must be bred out of existence. He plans to place the girls in a camp where they, along with all half-castes of that age range, both boys and girls, will grow up.

They would be trained to work as labourers and servants to white families, which were regarded as "good" situations for them in life. It was assumed that they would marry whites, and so on through the generations, so that eventually the Aboriginal "blood" would diminish in society.

The three girls are forcibly taken from their families at Jigalong by a local constable, Riggs. They were sent to the camp at the [[Moore River Native Settlement]], in the south west, about 90&nbsp;km (55 miles) north of Perth.

While at the camp, the girls are housed in a large dormitory with dozens of other children, where they are strictly regimented by nuns.  They are prohibited from speaking their native language, forced to pray as Christians, and subject to [[corporal punishment]] for any infractions of the camp's rules.  Attempts at escape are also harshly punished, as seen in the film, where an escapee is beaten and has their hair cut off. During an impending thunderstorm that will help cover their tracks, Molly convinces the girls to escape and return to their home.

[[File:Rabbit proof fence map showing route.PNG|thumb|150px|left|Map of the [[rabbit-proof fence]] showing the trip from Moore River to Jigalong]]

During their flight, the girls are relentlessly pursued by Moodoo, 
an Aboriginal tracker from the camp.  They eventually find their way back to the rabbit-proof fence, which they believe will lead them back to their home.  They follow the fence for months, encountering a family who gives them clothes and food, as well as a camper who shows them a shortcut, which allows them to narrowly avoid Moodoo and Neville's agents. They also encounter a maid, who lets them stay at her room for a night, but they are discovered by her master, who is implied to be abusing her. After another narrow escape, Neville spreads word that Gracie's mother is waiting for her in the town of [[Wiluna, Western Australia|Wiluna]]. The information finds its way to an Aboriginal traveller who "helps" the girls.

He tells Gracie about her mother and says they can get to Wiluna by train, causing her to leave the other two girls in an attempt to catch a train to Wiluna. Molly and Daisy soon walk after her and find her at a train station. They are not reunited, however, as Riggs <!-- who is this? -->appears and Gracie is recaptured. The betrayal is revealed by Riggs, who tells the man he will receive a [[Shilling (Australian)|shilling]] for his help.

Knowing they are powerless to aid her, Molly and Daisy continue their journey. They lose the fence for a while travelling through a harsh desert, but Molly is eventually guided back by an eagle. In the end, after a nine-week journey through the harsh Australian outback, having walked the {{cvt|1,600|km}} route along the fence, the two sisters return home and go into hiding in the desert with their mother and grandmother. Meanwhile, Neville realizes he can no longer afford the search for Molly and Daisy, and decides to end it.

===Epilogue===
The film's epilogue shows recent footage of Molly and Daisy. Molly explains that Gracie died before she could ever return to Jigalong. Molly says that she had two daughters. She and they were taken from Jigalong back to Moore River. She managed to escape with one daughter, her young Annabelle. She carried the girl much of the way along the length of the fence back home. However, when Annabelle was three years old, she was taken away once more. Molly never saw her again. In closing, Molly says that she and Daisy "... are never going back to that place".