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Molly (Garimara) Kelly (abt. 1917 - 2004)
MollyKelly formerly Garimara aka Craig
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of Toby Kelly — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of Nugi Garimara
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Biography
Molly (Garimara) Kelly is an Indigenous Australian.
Molly (Garimara) Kelly is Notable.
Molly Craig was born in Jigalong, Western Australia circa 1917. Her mother, Maude Garimara was a Martu woman, and her father was Thomas Craig, a white Australian [actually a young English man] fence inspector on the rabbit-proof fence[1]. Jigalong was established in 1907 on the western edge of the Little Sandy Desert where the traditional owners are the Martu people[2]as a fencing depot for for workmen constructing the rabbit-proof fence[3]. As a consequence, the family spent long p
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Molly Craig
Australian Martu Aboriginal woman
Molly Kelly (née Craig, died January 2004) was an Australian Martu Aboriginal woman, known for her escape from the Moore River Native Settlement in 1931 and subsequent 1,600 km (990 mi) trek home with her half-sister Daisy Kadibil (née Burungu)[1][2] and cousin Gracie Cross (née Fields).[1][3] She was a member of the Stolen Generations, who were part-white, part-Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families by the Australian government.[4][3] Her story was the inspiration for the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence and the film Rabbit-Proof Fence.
Early life
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. Jigalong was established in the far north west of Australia in 1907, as the location for a maintenance and ra
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AustLit
Molly Kelly was born Molly Craig at Jigalong, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Molly Craig, fourteen years old, her eight year old sister Daisy and their eleven year old cousin Gracie Fields were removed from their Aboriginal family and placed in the Moore River Native Settlement near Perth, on the orders of Auber Octavius Neville, the Chief Protector of Aborigines for Western Australia. Taking her sister and cousin with her, Craig escaped and walked sixteen hundred miles across the desert to return home. The journey undertaken by the three girls in 1931 inspired Craig's daughter Doris Pilkington Garimara to write the biography, Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence(1996).
Upon returning home, Craig was trained as domestic help on Balfour Downs station where she married Toby Kelly to whom she had two daughters Doris and Annabelle. On 18 November 1940, after having undergone treatment for appendicitis, Craig was discharged from Royal Perth Hospital and was once again transported through Ministerial Warrant to Moore River Native Settlement. On 1 January 1941, afte
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