I will erect a rabbit-proof fence like the famous one Down Under, except that my fence would be about 1,100 miles shorter. |
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The film tells of the children's escape and how they follow the rabbit-proof fence across a blistering desert. |
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We did most of the preparation before I retired, including putting up a smart, rabbit-proof fence to protect the new plants while they establish. |
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By 1888 they had penetrated the rabbit-proof fence erected by the New South Wales government. |
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It was originally built to be rabbit-proof as well, but that ended up requiring a whole second fence. |
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The rabbit-proof fence was a strip of barbed-wire netting that cut across half of the continent and was designed to protect farmer's crops by keeping the rabbits away. |
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The youngest helps weed the pots in the rabbit-proof compound. |
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The Rabbit Board chairman said while there had been previous outbreaks of rabbits north of the rabbit-proof fence, this was one of the worst he had seen in 16 years. |
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