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  2. Rabbit-Proof Fence - Wikipedia

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    In 1931, two sisters – 14-year-old Molly and 8-year-old Daisy – and their 10-year-old cousin Gracie are living in the Western Australian town of 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.

  3. Murchison Murders - Wikipedia

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    Upfield had already written three novels, [4] but was working as a fence boundary rider on the rabbit-proof fence in Western Australia. He had decided to write another detective novel, but with a plot difference; there being no body for the detective to find. Unfortunately, he could not think of a way to dispose of a body.

  4. Wadderin Sanctuary - Wikipedia

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    Wadderin Sanctuary is a nature conservation project within the Shire of Narembeen in the eastern wheatbelt of Western Australia. It is about 290 kilometres (180 mi) east of Perth and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of the town of Narembeen. Wadderin is surrounded by a fox- and cat-proof fence that was completed in early 2008.

  5. Burracoppin, Western Australia - Wikipedia

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    Burracoppin is also the site where the first Rabbit Proof Fence (No. 1) was started in 1901, with construction heading south to Esperance and north towards Port Hedland. Burracoppin was the main depot for the Rabbit Proof Fence. All gates through the fence and wells for the fence runners (those who look after the fence) were numbered from this ...

  6. Longest fence in the world - Wikipedia

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    The longest fence in the world can refer to: The Dingo Fence of south-east Australia, 5,614 km (3,488 mi) finished in 1885 The Rabbit-proof fence of Western Australia, 3,253 km (2,021 mi), completed in 1907

  7. Jigalong Community, Western Australia - Wikipedia

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    Their escape from there, and the sisters' successful 1,600-kilometre (990 mi) trek back to Jigalong was described in the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, by Molly's daughter Doris Pilkington Garimara. She has written a trilogy about her family. In 2002, Garimara's book was adapted as a film, Rabbit-Proof Fence, directed by Phillip Noyce.

  8. Australian Fencing Federation - Wikipedia

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    The Robyn Chaplin memorial tournament in Lightsview, South Australia in 2024. The Australian Fencing Federation (AFF) is the national governing body for the sport of fencing within Australia. It was founded in 1949. [2] Fencing Australia is a full member sport of the Combat Institute of Australia .

  9. Molly Craig - Wikipedia

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    Molly Craig was born in Jigalong, Western Australia, c. 1916/1917. Her mother, Maude, was a Martu Aboriginal woman, and her father was Thomas Craig, a white Australian fence inspector. [2] The Martu people (Mardudjara) had moved from the nearby Sandy Desert.

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