Stolen Generation – children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian Federal & State government agencies & church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments.
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Period of removal happened approximately between 1869 – 1969. Reasoning behind their removal consists of multiply ideals.
“Documentary evidence, such as newspaper articles and reports to parliamentary committees, suggest a range of rationales. Motivations evident include child protection, beliefs that given their catastrophic population decline after white contact that black people would “die out”, fears of miscegenation and a desire to attain white racial purity.”
Links for resources and more information:
St. Angela’s Peace and Justice Web-site
Paper on Aboriginals
Australian Aborigines
Stolen Generation
Aboriginals: Foreigners in their own land?
BBC World Service Documentary – Culture not colour
