The Origin Of Aboriginal People

The Stolen Generation affected those who were stolen was that there was loneliness, low self-esteem and the feeling or worthless, loss of identity, difficulties to find their religious beliefs, substances and alcohol abuse, depression and other mental illness, short family tree, unable to manage relationships, criminal offences, abuse which as physical, emotional, sexual etc., violence, loss of language, loss of land and more. During this time, most Aboriginal children were told that they weren’t Aboriginal and that they had to discover that they were when they grew older and were

‘The Sapphires’ by Wayne Blair was the trigger that led my research into the effects of the Stolen Generation on Aboriginals in Australia. This film is about an Aboriginal singing group who want to make a name for themselves, but find it difficult because of the racism against them. This film also tells the stories of their cousin Kay, who was a half-caste and was stolen from her Aboriginal family at a young age to be taught the ways of white people, and forget her culture. This film made me realise that I am lucky to live in a country where racism of such an extent in which children are stolen from their indigenous families, isn’t part of our history, and has not affected me personally. From my research, I have found six main sources that have helped me to understand how large this problem was and continues to be. My sources: ‘The Sapphires’ by Wayne Blair; a film about a group of Aboriginal singers who are affected by racism which is based on a real life singing group; ‘The Sorry Speech’, by Kevin Rudd who was the Prime Minister of Australia in 2008 who explains the damage and apologises for the way that the actions of past governments tore apart the lives of their indigenous people. Then there is ‘Blind Eye,’ the documentary in which people who were stolen are interviewed and tell their stories. The film, ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ this tells the story of two girls who were stolen and gives us insight into how brutally that they were treated after being ripped apart from

The Stolen Generation has had a great effect on Aboriginal rights and freedoms as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders didn’t even have the rights to raise and look after their children and as a result 100,000 Aboriginal Australian’s were displaced and placed into white families. The lack of understanding and respect for Aboriginal culture also meant that many people who supported the removal of these children really thought they were doing “the right thing”. The impact on Australian life today is still being felt as the Stolen Generation is seen as a recent event has it only ended in the early 1970s. Children that where taken away back then now cannot trace back their roots and therefore have no record of their family history or where

The stolen generation is a term to describe aboriginal children who were forcibly removed from families by federal and state governments and by church missions. The aim of this was to bring aboriginal children up in white families and teach them to reject their original culture, therefore if they continued successfully there would eventually be no indigenous people remaining.

The Stolen Generation has left devastating impacts upon the Aboriginal culture and heritage, Australian history and the presence of equality experienced today. The ‘Stolen Generation’ refers to the children of Aboriginal descent being forcefully abducted by government officials of Australia and placed within institutions and catholic orphanages, being forced to assimilate into ‘white society’. These dehumanising acts placed these stolen children to experience desecration of culture, loss of identity and the extinction of their race. The destructive consequences that followed were effects of corruption including attempted suicide, depression and drug and alcohol abuse. The indigenous peoples affected by this have endured solitude for many

In the Stolen Generation there were many differences 9,000 people were killed each year.According to the article Australia accused of genocide against aborigines “Hundreds of Aboriginal adults, many in tears, told him their heart-rending stories of being taken by police and officials from their outback communities; of their mothers wailing and of their years of emotional - and sometimes physical and sexual”

The period (1814-1980s) saw the establishment of the Stolen Generations where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were forcibly separated from their families. Neglect was used as the basis for removal (Anderson, 2002). The direct impact of this policy was the death of hundreds of Aboriginal children in residential care, due to physical, nutritional and psychological neglect (Kidd, 2000). From an Indigenous perspective, this removal policy and practice has been considered a genocidal act, which spread injury trans-generationally. It continues to cause considerable grief, loss and trauma among Aboriginal families thus impacting on Aboriginal health and wellbeing (Healing Foundation, 2016). The 2014-2015 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social survey

The impact of the Stolen Generations on Australian Indigenous peoples is seen in the sense of isolation and separation that overwhelms the children that were forcibly removed under the policies of the assimilation legislation. The children experienced not only separation from their family but also had their identity taken away, this includes not being able to speak their own language or practice their culture and religion practices.

The Stolen Generation is the generation of children that were taken from their families and adopted by white families or placed in government-owned facilities. It was part of the assimilation process that aimed to make Aboriginal Australians blend into white society. It did not work and left the victims feeling neither white nor black, unable to fit in with either society (Australians together- no date). Children were made to forget about their Indigenous heritage and forced to adapt to white society. Their names were changed and it was prohibited for them to speak their original languages. The assimilation process focused more on “half-caste” children because they looked whiter than full blood children, so would be more accepted into white society. (Australians Together- no date). This meant that “half-caste” children were more at risk of removal. Nonetheless, anyone part of the Stolen Generation definitely suffered a great deal.

the Aboriginal Australians. In 1869 the aborigine’s protection act established the Aborigines protection board in Victoria, to manage the interests of the Aboriginal peoples. This then allows the governor to order the removal of Aboriginal children from their families, culture and tribes to a reformatory or industrial school to be housed in dormitories. Legislation was passed later in other colonies; NSW in 1883, QLD in 1897, WA in 1905, SA in 1911. The stolen generation was known to officially start in 1910 this is most likely as this is when approximately the last piece of legislation passed to make the stolen generation an official movement. The official end date of the stolen generation was 1970. But the stolen generation was still occurring

In conclusion the stolen generation was a traumatizing time for young indigenous children, as being a children were torn from families and forced to live with white people and forget their heritage and culture which lead to the aboriginal culture which would lead to the culture being forgotten. The policy assimilation was introduced by the government, individuals were traumatized by assiliamation. The stolen generation affected the whole indigenous

Between 1890s and 1970s, children, in particular Indigenous children roughly between ages two to four were forcefully taken away from their parents. These children are known as “Stolen Generations”, one of the darkest chapters of the Australian History. The term “Indigenous” comes from the Latin word “indigena” which means “a native”. This term is used to refer to native Australians, both Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. The removal of children begun in the early days of white settlement (European) then later became an official Australian policy until 1969.

Between 1910-1970, many Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their families as a result of various government policies. The generations removed under these policies became known as the Stolen Generations. The policies of child removal left a legacy of trauma and loss which continue to affect Indigenous communities, families and individuals today.

The ‘stolen generation’ marks a significant and blemished chapter in Australian history. This was believed as of paramount importance to ensure that the indigenous Australians were assimilated into the European society in the 1900s. Past laws, and racial policies such as assimilation ensued in the forceful separation of indigenous children from their mothers by coercion, duress and undue influence to be brought up in foster homes and institutions. Therefore, the stolen generation can be defined as the half-caste children that were forcibly removed from their mothers in 1910 to 1970, for the immediate purpose of raising them separately resulting in the denial of their aboriginality, their loss of identity and the ignorance towards their culture and people. Ultimately, the purpose of such degrading movement was, the vanquish of

The reason behind the stolen generation was to breed out aboriginality, it was thought that if the children could be raised in white society then when they were adults they could integrate without much trouble. What the government didn’t know is that the aborigines didn’t want to be integrated into white society, they wanted to keep their culture and ways. In 1994 there was a conference in Darwin called the Going Home Conference. Over 600 people who were taken as children in every state and territory of Australia came together to share life lessons and experience and to also talk about their native culture to keep it alive in their