12 Facts About Stolen Generations

1.

Stolen Generations were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian federal and state government agencies and church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments.

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2.

Stolen Generations's lobbying reportedly played a part in the enactment of the Aborigines Act 1911.

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3.

Stolen Generations placed in front of me 368 pages of my file, together with letters, photos and birthday cards.

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4.

Stolen Generations informed me that my surname would change back to my Mother's maiden name of Angus.

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5.

Stolen Generations published a magazine article on the topic with this title, based on his research.

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6.

Howard said that the Stolen Generations Generation represented "the most blemished chapter in the history of this country".

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7.

Activists highlighted the Stolen Generations and related Aboriginal issues during the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics.

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8.

Stolen Generations endorsed the apology but in his speech Nelson referred to the "under-policing" of child welfare in Aboriginal communities, as well as a host of social ills blighting the lives of Aboriginal people.

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9.

Stolen Generations's speech was considered controversial and received mixed reactions.

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10.

On 1 August 2007, aged 50, Trevorrow became the first member of the Stolen Generations to be awarded compensation by a court of law, when it awarded him.

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11.

The acceptance of the term in Australia is illustrated by the 2008 formal apology to the Stolen Generations, led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and passed by both houses of the Parliament of Australia.

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12.

Stolen Generations said he used as the benchmark for usage of the term genocide the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which is cited in the Bringing Them Home report.

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