The Rabbits

Author: John Marsden
Illustrator: Shaun Tan
Published: South Melbourne, Vic. : Lothian Books (1998).

This Australian picture book is an eye opening and bleak allegory set after Australia was colonised, it is about white rabbits setting up a colony, who come and take over the land as they see fit and subjugate brown marsupial like animals.

This book is seen through the eyes of an observing marsupial who recounts the past and the changes to their land after the rabbits started colonising.

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