Stolen Generation

The Aboriginal Children were taken away as part of the assimilation policy, in the early 20th century.
The term “Stolen Generations” is used for Aboriginal people who were forcefully taken away (stolen) from their families between the 1890s and 1970s.
It can be estimated that between 1883 and 1969 more than 6,200 children were stolen in NSW alone.
1. A 1994 survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics stated that one in every ten (10%) Aboriginal people aged over 25 had been removed from their families in childhood.
Aboriginals babies were often stolen at birth, then raised on missions or by foster parents, totally cut off from their Aboriginality.
1. Many of the stolen girls and boys were physically, emotionally and sexually abused. Many babies born to girls raped by white men were also taken away from them, sometimes as soon as they were born.
Aboriginal people suffer from many social and personal problems including mental illness, violence, alcoholism and welfare dependence.

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