Summary

The film Rabbit-Proof Fence directed by Philip Noyce begins by introducing the setting and the context of the Aborigines Act. The voiceover of adult Molly confirms that this is a true story that happened to her, her half-sister Daisy, and their cousin Gracie. The Aboriginal community in Jigalong, Western Australia, lives a peaceful life and the girls are taught how to track and hunt animals. However, the white authorities pose a threat as they seek to remove mixed-race children. 

In Perth, A. O. Neville, the Chief Protector of Aborigines, announces that he has authorized the removal of the three girls from Jigalong. As such, the girls' peaceful existence is disrupted when the authorities, led by Constable Riggs, arrive in Jigalong to take them away. Despite their families' protests, the girls are forcefully separated from their loved ones and taken to the Moore River Native Settlement in Perth. 

Meanwhile, Neville is delivering a presentation on the inferiority of Aboriginals, and the need to help “half-caste” children assimilate into white society in spite of their protests so that this third race of mixed Aboriginal children may be driven to extinction. The girls arrive at the settleme...