Rabbit-Proof Fence

This weathered fencepost is part of one of the longest fences in the world, the Rabbit-Proof Fence. Constructed in the early 1900s to stop rabbits from spreading into Western Australia’s farmland.

Stretching over 3,000 km from the south coast to the north, the fence was a massive public works project aimed at protecting crops and pasture from the exploding rabbit population introduced by European settlers.

Patrolmen on camelback maintained the line through remote and arid country mending breaks, setting traps, and refilling water tanks like the one nearby.

The fence had mixed success as a pest barrier, but its story lives on in both engineering history and the powerful journeys of people who followed its path.