Kadibil was a member of the Stolen Generations, who were Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families by the Australian government.

Her mother was of the Martu people and her father Thomas Craig was of English descent, making her "half-caste" in the eyes of the Australian government.

[2] In 1931 when Kadibil was about 8 years old, she was removed from her family in the Jigalong Community by the Australian government and sent to the Moore River Native Settlement.

Molly carried each of the younger girls in turn as they evaded search parties sent out by A. O. Neville; they also found their own food.

[2] Kadibil's niece Doris Pilkington Garimara, who was Molly's daughter, authored Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, which was published in 1996.