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Stolen generations. (Racefile).(Aborigines protest Canberra monument, Australia)(Brief Article)
A monument-in-construction has become the center of debate among Aboriginal communities and has thrust the issue of Aboriginal recognition into the Australian spotlight. Plans for the "Reconciliation Memorial" in Canberra, Australia, have incensed members of the "Stolen Generations" and their supporters, who accuse the Australian government of attempting to whitewash the history of the forced removal of over 50,000 Aboriginal children from their parents.
The policy, intended to assimilate the children--referred to now as "the stolen generations" -- into white society, was initiated in the 1880s and continued into the 1970s. The movement for recognition of the experience of the stolen generations is part of a broader movement towards reconciliation between Aboriginal communities and the ...
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...CANBERRA (Pacnews) ---- The Australian Government says it will not comply with a United...that it compensate victims of the Stolen Generations, reports ABC. The Aboriginal Legal...mechanism to compensate victims of the Stolen Generations. But the Government says there...
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...people each year. The Australian Government has done both these things...report. When two of the 'stolen generations'--as they have become...national apology to the stolen generations. The Government could...in initiatives to help stolen generations people under the ...
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...the issue of the Stolen Generations: All that winter...May 1997, the Stolen Generations testimonies have...To date the Australian government has refused either...pointed out that the Stolen Generations issue is a non...
- The stolen generations and litigation revisited. (Australia)
- Magazine article from: Melbourne University Law Review Buti, Antonio August 1, 2008 700+ words
...Litigation for the so-called 'Stolen Generations" had been demonstrably unsuccessful...flow from it. The success of the Stolen Generations litigant in Trevorrow is compared...acceptable resolution for members of the Stolen Generations.] CONTENTS I Introduction II Litigation...
- The affective work of Stolen Generations testimony: from the archives to the...
- Magazine article from: Biography Kennedy, Rosanne January 1, 2004 700+ words
...the history and experiences of the Stolen Generations, and has provided a basis on which...film Rabbit Proof Fence, the term Stolen Generations refers to the removal of Indigenous...anthology, The Lost Children. (2) Stolen Generations testimony only became highly visible...
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- Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter Edman, Penny March 7, 2008 700+ words
...than a decade. Rudd apologized to the Stolen Generations. The Stolen Generations are Australian Aboriginal people who were...the pain, suffering and hurt of these Stolen Generations, their descendants and for their families...
- Stolen Generations (Australia)
- Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences January 1, 2008 700+ words
Stolen Generations (Australia) Stolen Generations , a term coined by Australian historian Peter Read...communities as children. In its widest interpretation, Stolen Generations might encompass all those indigenous children taken...
- Not just the stolen generations.
- Magazine article from: Quadrant June 1, 2000 700+ words
...Prime Minister apologise to the "stolen generations" are being overtaken by demands...of the Australian people than the stolen generations but more upmarket. Campaigners believes...a republic. APOLOGIES.... 2 Stolen generations "still the priority" Leading the...
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