Why was Molly told to hide the other children?
- The white police men on their horses, where searching for half-castle, half white half indigenous kids.
Who is Mr. Devil?
- Mr Navels, a man in the government writing to the shop man about removing Molly, Daisy and Gracie and re-landing them somewhere else, far away from there family’s.
Explain what he means by ‘bred out’.
- Mr Devil, is explaining to the women of the white, how in the 3rd generation breed out is when a half-caste grandmother, over the years having a granddaughter, quarrel and an octal grandson. Meaning that over the years the infiltrates of the white blood, stamps out any of the black colour in the generations.
Why were the children brought to Moore River? Do you believe this is a good reason? Why?
- To be brought to the Moore River, to have the benefits of what our culture (meaning Mr Devils) has to bring the half-caste children brought there
How were the children transported?
- The half-caste children were transported to Moore Creek, using non-used ca-rages of the train and open back trucks
give your impressions of the dormitory.
- I thought it was compacted and that they didn’t trust the children, speaking out the locks on the front of the door and that the treated them like animals, having only a bucket that they have to empty out themselves to do their business in instead of a toilet
How does this compare with the environment the girls came from?
- The girls used to live in little tents they made, with no beds or even bathrooms, and it was a change them having to sleep on a real bed instead on a thin mat and sharing with about 30 other children they did not know
what were some of the English culture forced on the children?
- They told the children that this is their new home, they can no longer speak aborigines that they have to speak English from now on. Making them be Christians and making them pray every morning and introducing them to electronics they had.
Why were they checking for the fair ones?
- Because they thought to believe that the fair ones where smarter from the rest and they wanted to send the fair ones to real schools and send them away
How did they punish children who ran away?
- They tortured the children with scissors and whips and they would leave them in a shed with nothing
who is the tracker? What is his job?
- He is the black skinned man who rides the horse and his job is to retrieve the children who attempt to run away from the missionary
Explain the significance of Molly’s dream.
- Her dream was to see her mother and grandmother again and to be back home where she knew what was what and could to be back with her family again
Why didn't Daisy want to go back home?
- Because Daisy didn't want to walk any further, instead she wanted to catch a train
Why was the rain important? How did Molly know this?
- Yes, the rain was important to them, Molly knew this because she knew it would wash away her foot prints and that it would make it harder for them to track them
why did they leave Gracie’s bag and then walk along the river? Did they fool the tracker?
- To throw the tracker off their trail and to confuse him, for a second they thought they had fooled him, but he found them
what did Molly’s hand signal mean?
- "Can I have some food?" and "Are you okay?"
What food were they given?
- They where given some Kangaroo Tail
Why did the white women help the girls?
- Because the women had a daughter of her own and has a sense of connection having a daughter the same age
Why was the rabbit proof fence important to Molly?
- The fence was important to Molly’s because her father worked there and they knew from the fence, how to get home
Why did the tracker and the policeman miss finding the girl the first time?
- Because Molly and the girls cut across after walking in the wrong direction, missing being caught by them
How far did they go when they met the ex-Moore river child hanging out the washing?
- 800 Miles along
Why did so many people want to help them even though they wanted by the police?
- Because they could relate to them, having there children there age taken away from them, or feel sorry for the girls enough to help them out
Why did the tracker have empathy for the girls?
- Because he knew how much they wanted to go home and he thought he must have pity on them, after their smart plan to fool him
Why did the Aboriginal lie to Gracie?
- He lied to Gracie, telling her that there was a train further along the track that can take her to where she wants to go
Did you feel empathy for Gracie? Why?
- So they would avoid being raped by a white man and to keep her safe
What were the Aboriginal women up to?
- They sent spirit birds to the girls if they needed any help escaping and to make sure they made it home safe once they did
What did Molly mean when she said “I lost one”?
- She was talking about Gracie, not wanting to walk anymore and waiting, until Molly decided to go back for Gracie, watching as the man in the truck grabbed her and took her away
Why was the coloring of the girl’s skin significant?
- Because Half-cast children skin isn't as dark as the pure blood aboriginals, they have lighter skin
What was the Protectorate trying to do?
- He was trying to convince and show everyone he was doing the right thing with the Half-cast children
What happened to Molly’s daughter?
- They took her away from Molly and took her to the missionary where Molly escaped from numerous times and Molly never saw her daughter again
Should Australians feel guilty about the ‘Stolen Generation’?
- Yes, because now we look back and know form the start, it was never right taking away children from there family’s because we didn’t like the skin and then we tried to grow the skin colour and we took away there landing, clamming it that no one lived here, really knowing that the indigenous lived here first.
- The white police men on their horses, where searching for half-castle, half white half indigenous kids.
Who is Mr. Devil?
- Mr Navels, a man in the government writing to the shop man about removing Molly, Daisy and Gracie and re-landing them somewhere else, far away from there family’s.
Explain what he means by ‘bred out’.
- Mr Devil, is explaining to the women of the white, how in the 3rd generation breed out is when a half-caste grandmother, over the years having a granddaughter, quarrel and an octal grandson. Meaning that over the years the infiltrates of the white blood, stamps out any of the black colour in the generations.
Why were the children brought to Moore River? Do you believe this is a good reason? Why?
- To be brought to the Moore River, to have the benefits of what our culture (meaning Mr Devils) has to bring the half-caste children brought there
How were the children transported?
- The half-caste children were transported to Moore Creek, using non-used ca-rages of the train and open back trucks
give your impressions of the dormitory.
- I thought it was compacted and that they didn’t trust the children, speaking out the locks on the front of the door and that the treated them like animals, having only a bucket that they have to empty out themselves to do their business in instead of a toilet
How does this compare with the environment the girls came from?
- The girls used to live in little tents they made, with no beds or even bathrooms, and it was a change them having to sleep on a real bed instead on a thin mat and sharing with about 30 other children they did not know
what were some of the English culture forced on the children?
- They told the children that this is their new home, they can no longer speak aborigines that they have to speak English from now on. Making them be Christians and making them pray every morning and introducing them to electronics they had.
Why were they checking for the fair ones?
- Because they thought to believe that the fair ones where smarter from the rest and they wanted to send the fair ones to real schools and send them away
How did they punish children who ran away?
- They tortured the children with scissors and whips and they would leave them in a shed with nothing
who is the tracker? What is his job?
- He is the black skinned man who rides the horse and his job is to retrieve the children who attempt to run away from the missionary
Explain the significance of Molly’s dream.
- Her dream was to see her mother and grandmother again and to be back home where she knew what was what and could to be back with her family again
Why didn't Daisy want to go back home?
- Because Daisy didn't want to walk any further, instead she wanted to catch a train
Why was the rain important? How did Molly know this?
- Yes, the rain was important to them, Molly knew this because she knew it would wash away her foot prints and that it would make it harder for them to track them
why did they leave Gracie’s bag and then walk along the river? Did they fool the tracker?
- To throw the tracker off their trail and to confuse him, for a second they thought they had fooled him, but he found them
what did Molly’s hand signal mean?
- "Can I have some food?" and "Are you okay?"
What food were they given?
- They where given some Kangaroo Tail
Why did the white women help the girls?
- Because the women had a daughter of her own and has a sense of connection having a daughter the same age
Why was the rabbit proof fence important to Molly?
- The fence was important to Molly’s because her father worked there and they knew from the fence, how to get home
Why did the tracker and the policeman miss finding the girl the first time?
- Because Molly and the girls cut across after walking in the wrong direction, missing being caught by them
How far did they go when they met the ex-Moore river child hanging out the washing?
- 800 Miles along
Why did so many people want to help them even though they wanted by the police?
- Because they could relate to them, having there children there age taken away from them, or feel sorry for the girls enough to help them out
Why did the tracker have empathy for the girls?
- Because he knew how much they wanted to go home and he thought he must have pity on them, after their smart plan to fool him
Why did the Aboriginal lie to Gracie?
- He lied to Gracie, telling her that there was a train further along the track that can take her to where she wants to go
Did you feel empathy for Gracie? Why?
- So they would avoid being raped by a white man and to keep her safe
What were the Aboriginal women up to?
- They sent spirit birds to the girls if they needed any help escaping and to make sure they made it home safe once they did
What did Molly mean when she said “I lost one”?
- She was talking about Gracie, not wanting to walk anymore and waiting, until Molly decided to go back for Gracie, watching as the man in the truck grabbed her and took her away
Why was the coloring of the girl’s skin significant?
- Because Half-cast children skin isn't as dark as the pure blood aboriginals, they have lighter skin
What was the Protectorate trying to do?
- He was trying to convince and show everyone he was doing the right thing with the Half-cast children
What happened to Molly’s daughter?
- They took her away from Molly and took her to the missionary where Molly escaped from numerous times and Molly never saw her daughter again
Should Australians feel guilty about the ‘Stolen Generation’?
- Yes, because now we look back and know form the start, it was never right taking away children from there family’s because we didn’t like the skin and then we tried to grow the skin colour and we took away there landing, clamming it that no one lived here, really knowing that the indigenous lived here first.