Daisy Kadibil, 95, Whose Australia Trek Inspired A Film, Dies

JACQUELINE WILLIAMS, New York Times: Obituaries
Wed, 06/27/2018 - 3:14pm

Seized under an assimilation program, she and two other Aboriginal girls made their way home across hundreds of miles, a feat depicted in “Rabbit-Proof Fence.”

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