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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2003

Australia's painful treatment of its Aboriginal population is examined in a movie that is playing in the United States.

"Rabbit-Proof Fence" tells the story of three Aboriginal girls who were taken from their homes against their family's consent. The government's policy, up until 1970, was to remove children of half-blood, and eventually quarter-blood, ancestry and place them in boarding schools and camps.

In the movie, three girls escape and make the 1,500-mile journey. They follow a fence that was used to separate rabbits from farmland.

Get the Story:
Robert Moran: A Long Trek to The Truth (The Washington Post 2/2)

Relevant Links:
Rabbit-Proof Fence - http://www.rabbitprooffence.com.au