Stolen Generations
Updated Term 4 2023
These links will give you some background about the Stolen Generations. The movie Rabbit Proof Fence is something else you could watch to get an understanding of the experiences of the Stolen Generations. It is available on Clickview.
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Who are the Stolen Generations?
Explainer: The Stolen Generations - SBS NITV
Track the history timeline: The stolen generations - Australian Human Rights Commission
Explainer: The Stolen Generations - SBS NITV
Track the history timeline: The stolen generations - Australian Human Rights Commission
A video from the National Museum of Australia
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Government policy
To remove and protect - AIATSIS - To see the government policy in the different states click on the state names below the part of the menu on the left that says 'To remove and protect'.
To remove and protect - AIATSIS - To see the government policy in the different states click on the state names below the part of the menu on the left that says 'To remove and protect'.
Personal stories
Bringing Them Home - Australian Government - In 1997 the Government released a report on experiences of the Stolen Generations and the lasting effects. This website presents the individual stories of people interviewed for the report. Many of the stories contain distressing details, which you will be warned about before you open a story. Stolen Generations' Testimonies - Video testimonies of Stolen Generations survivors. 'You're not given any love': The stories of Australia's stolen generations - photo essay - The Guardian |
Current responses to the Stolen Generations
In 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issued an apology to the Stolen Generations and their families.
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The stolen children of Cootamundra: 'Years later, what's changed?' - ABC News - An article looking at what changes have occurred in the ten years since the apology.
This article mentions the Rats of Tobruk; if you don't know the significance of this, read this brief explanation: Rats of Tobruk 1941 - AWM
The Healing Foundation Youtube channel - An organisation created in the aftermath of the apology, to reflect on what has changed and what needs to change in the future.
This article mentions the Rats of Tobruk; if you don't know the significance of this, read this brief explanation: Rats of Tobruk 1941 - AWM
The Healing Foundation Youtube channel - An organisation created in the aftermath of the apology, to reflect on what has changed and what needs to change in the future.
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