Stolen Generations policies

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Stolen Generations policies were government and church practices in Australia that forcibly removed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families in an attempt to assimilate them into white society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf assimilation policy ⓘ
child removal policy ⓘ
government policy ⓘ
acknowledgedBy Australian government ⓘ
state and territory governments in Australia ⓘ
affectedGroup Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families ⓘ
Indigenous communities across Australian states and territories ⓘ
appliesTo Aboriginal children in Australia ⓘ
Torres Strait Islander children ⓘ
associatedWith Aboriginal Protection Boards ⓘ
missions and reserves in Australia ⓘ
consequence disruption of kinship systems ⓘ
family separation ⓘ
intergenerational trauma ⓘ
loss of culture ⓘ
loss of language ⓘ
psychological harm to removed children ⓘ
social disadvantage for Indigenous communities ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
criticizedAs cultural genocide ⓘ
human rights violation ⓘ
documentedIn Bringing Them Home report ⓘ
endTime 1970s ⓘ
goal assimilation of Indigenous children into white Australian society ⓘ
control of Indigenous populations ⓘ
erasure of Indigenous cultural identity ⓘ
hasEffectOn Indigenous rights movement in Australia ⓘ
reconciliation process in Australia ⓘ
implementedBy Australian federal government ⓘ
Australian state governments ⓘ
Christian churches in Australia ⓘ
welfare agencies in Australia ⓘ
investigatedBy National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families ⓘ
justifiedBy paternalistic beliefs about Indigenous welfare ⓘ
racist ideologies of white superiority ⓘ
legalBasis child welfare legislation ⓘ
state protection acts ⓘ
method forcible removal of children from families ⓘ
placement of children in foster homes ⓘ
placement of children in institutions ⓘ
placement of children with non-Indigenous families ⓘ
partOf history of colonisation in Australia ⓘ
relatedTo Stolen Generations ⓘ
startTime late 19th century ⓘ
subjectOf 2008 Australian national apology to the Stolen Generations ⓘ
National Sorry Day ⓘ
timePeriod approximately 1910 to 1970 ⓘ

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Aboriginal Australians → suffered → Stolen Generations policies ⓘ
Aboriginal languages → affectedBy → Stolen Generations policies ⓘ
Rabbit-Proof Fence → portrays → Stolen Generations ⓘ
linked to: Stolen Generations policies
Stolen Generations policies → investigatedBy → National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families ⓘ
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Stolen Generations policies → relatedTo → Stolen Generations ⓘ
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Muthi Muthi people → affectedBy → Stolen Generations policies ⓘ
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence → subject → Stolen Generations ⓘ
subject linked to: Doris Pilkington Garimara
linked to: Stolen Generations policies
Daisy Kadibil → partOf → Stolen Generations ⓘ
linked to: Stolen Generations policies
A. O. Neville → associatedWith → Stolen Generations ⓘ
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Rabbit-Proof Fence → mainSubject → Stolen Generations ⓘ
subject linked to: Everlyn Sampi
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Molly Craig → memberOf → Stolen Generations ⓘ
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Molly Craig → governmentPolicyContext → Australian assimilation policy toward Aboriginal people ⓘ
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Rabbit-Proof Fence → depicts → Stolen Generations ⓘ
subject linked to: Laura Monaghan
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Rabbit-Proof Fence → subject → Stolen Generations ⓘ
subject linked to: Christine Olsen
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Australia (2008 film) → hasTheme → Stolen Generations ⓘ
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The Children Came Back → theme → Stolen Generations ⓘ
linked to: Stolen Generations policies
New South Wales Aborigines Protection Board → affectedGroup → Stolen Generations ⓘ
linked to: Stolen Generations policies
Bringing Them Home report → subject → Stolen Generations ⓘ
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National Sorry Day → commemorates → Stolen Generations ⓘ
linked to: Stolen Generations policies
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families → affectedBy → Stolen Generations ⓘ
linked to: Stolen Generations policies
If Everyone Cared → mainSubject → Stolen Generations ⓘ
linked to: Stolen Generations policies