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Doris Pilkington Garimara author of Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence speaks in London UK 3rd and 4th November 2002
(top left) Doris, her daughter Maria and UCL's Dr Bill Sillar (top right) Part of the 100-strong audience (bottom left) Doris talks about her life and the making of Rabbit-Proof Fence (bottom right) Doris reads from Under the Wintamarra Tree The Institute of Archaeology at University College London in conjunction with ENIAR held a public lecture with Doris Pilkington Garimara followed by a reception on: Monday 4 November 2002 @ Institute of Archaeology, University College London Doris Pilkington Garimara, is the author of ‘Follow The Rabbit Proof Fence’ on which the new movie Rabbit-Proof Fence is based. Rabbit-Proof Fence is the true story of three Australian Aboriginal girls forcibly taken from their family during a government programme in the first half of the twentieth century to be trained as domestic workers and integrated into white society. They are part of what is known as the 'Stolen Generations'.
	(left) - Doris with Bianca Jagger and Jade Jagger At the preview screening and talk hosted by human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC and Buena Vista International in conjunction with ENIAR on: Sunday November 3rd 2002 @ The Everyman Cinema, Hampstead.

related links:

• Rabbit Proof fence page
• Stolen Generations issues page
• London, no place for sitting on the fence
  6 November 2002 - An Australian film that provoked strong opinions at home premieres in London to similar reactions
• Restoring identity - achieving justice for the stolen generations
  27 September 2002 - Media Release, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC); Media Release, Public Interest Advocacy Centre. Indigenous people have expressed widespread support for a reparations tribunal for the stolen generations.
• Only understanding will bring down the fence dividing a nation / Interview with Doris Pilkington Garimara
  21 March 2002 - Organisations that support members of the stolen generations are crying out for proper funding, writes Doris Pilkington Garimara.
• The stolen ones
  25 October 2002 - (Guardian) A film dealing with the government's 'kidnapping' of part-Aboriginal children has caused fury in Australia. David Fickling reports from Sydney.
• Film makes stars of Pilbara sisters
  12 October 2002 - Sisters Molly Kelly, 84, and Daisy Kadibil, 78, are the central attractions of a tourist boom in their remote Pilbara community being fuelled by the success of a small-budget film telling their story from seven decades ago.
• The long way home
  15 February 2002 - All those behind the film ... recognise how hard it is for an Aboriginal film to find a mainstream cinema audience. The last success, some say, was Jedda in the 1950s.

galleries ours + others

eniar galleries

eniar public meeting london 2006

• aboriginal tent embassy delegation - dover 2001
• aboriginal tent embassy delegation - london 2001
• australia week in london protests - london 2000
• dreamtraces exhibition - brighton 2001
• fitzroy crossing artists at hossacks gallery - london 1998
• long walk - london 2005
• mirrar delegation - london 1998
• rabbit proof fence - talk by author doris pilkington garimara - london 2002
• sea of hands - london 2000
• sorry book - london 1998
• sorry day uk - london 2005
• sorry day uk - london 2006
• sorry day uk - london 2007
• sorry day uk - london 2008
• time for a treaty - london 1998
• volunteers - 1998 onwards
  
  

other galleries hosted on eniar site

• australia day 2007 on palm island - photos by descendence
• burunga festival - photos by wayne quillam

links to external galleries

• Gary Foley's koori history website
  The legendary activist has compiled a extensive photo history of the struggle for rights for Aboriginal people.
• Julie Gough's website
  Julie's work on 'time and space' 'unresolved histories' memory and place' race representation' and other works. All works include artists statement about the work.
• Wayne Quilliam portfolio 1
  Wayne Quilliam portfolio 2
  Aboriginal photographer who has exhibited in Europe:'My work reflects the diversity of Indigenous culture. Australian Aboriginal people have close ties with the land and its inhabitants. This relationship is obvious through past and present artistic practices including dance, sculpture and painting. Photography is the medium I chose to express my cultural identity.'
• Picture Australia
  Excellent source for archive images.

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