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Chapter 4 - Rabbit Proof Fence

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  • Where did families seek safety
    Jigalong Depot
  • What language do the Mardu speak
    Mardu wangka
  • What landmark guided migration
    Rabbit-proof fence
  • What negative impacts came with pastoral expansion
    Violence and displacement
  • What term is used for all traditional people
    Mardu
  • Where did the massacre occur
    Near the Canning Stock Route wells
  • What attracted Mardu to settlements
    Food and tobacco
  • What animals were first mistaken for spirits
    Horses
  • What was the purpose of the rabbit-proof fence
    Control rabbits
  • How did the Mardudjara initially view station work
    As kindness
  • Why was Golda killed
    Accused of stealing cattle
  • How were Mardudjara women employed
    Housemaids and cooks
  • What happened to Golda
    He was shot
  • What caused the first reported conflict
    Sacred ground was disturbed
  • How did white workers retaliate after spearing
    Shot Mardu while sleeping
  • Who surveyed the stock route
    A W Canning
  • What farming activities expanded settlement boundaries
    cattle and wheat
    Sheep
  • Why did the Mardu migrate south
    Fear of reprisals
  • Why were clothes forced on the Mardu
    White customs
  • Who was Golda
    A young Mardu hunter
  • Who were the traditional owners ignored in land grants
    The Mardudjara people
  • Where did migrants follow the fence to
    Jigalong
  • What industries showed growth by the 1900s
    Mining and agriculture
  • What was billy tea
    Sweetened tea
  • How did pastoralists employ Mardudjara men
    Stockmen and cattlemen
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