Section A: Aboriginal Peoples

GROUP

The varying experiences of the stolen generations

Students learn to:
  • examine the experiences of the stolen generations using a range of sources


Usefulness of Sources
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Reconciliation
Part of reconciliation is an acknowledgement of the injustices that Aborigines had suffered.

Define "Stolen Generations".

1997: Bringing Them Home, the report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, conducted by Sir Ronald Wilson.

Read the two extracts from Bringing Them Home on p. 302, and the extract from the interview with Sir Ronald Wilson.
Answer the three questions p.303.

Use the links below and the video to describe some of the experiences of the Stolen Generations.




Australian Human Rights Commission
Experiences from submissions to the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families
Sorry Day and the Stolen Generations