Why did they take Aboriginal kids from their parents?

What happened and why? The forcible removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families was part of the policy of Assimilation, which was based on the misguided assumption that the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people would be improved if they became part of white society.

Are Aboriginal children still taken from their parents?

But many in the Australian Indigenous community say children are still being taken. National research shows Indigenous children are 10 times more likely to be removed from their families than other Australian children, and they make up 36 per cent of children living away from their parents in Australia.

When was the stolen generation taken?

Its estimated that as many as one in three Indigenous children were taken from their families between 1910 and the 1970s—affecting most Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia.

When did Aboriginal child removal stop?

1969 1969 – The Aborigines Welfare Board in New South Wales was abolished. By 1969, all states had repealed the legislation allowing for the removal of Aboriginal children under the policy of protection.

When did Kevin Rudd say sorry?

On 13 February 2008, then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd moved a motion of Apology to Indigenous Australians. His apology was a formal apology on behalf of the successive parliaments and governments whose policies and laws inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians.

How many Aboriginal children are taken from their families?

The Bringing Them Home report says that at least 100,000 children were removed from their parents. This figure was estimated by multiplying the Aboriginal population in 1994 (303,000), by the reports maximum estimate of one in three Aboriginal persons separated from their families.

Who ended the Stolen Generation?

NSW Aborigines Protection Board The NSW Aborigines Protection Board loses its power to remove Indigenous children. The Board is renamed the Aborigines Welfare Board and is finally abolished in 1969. By 1969, all states have repealed the legislation allowing for the removal of Aboriginal children under the policy of protection.

What was Kevin Rudds apology?

On 13 February 2008, the Parliament of Australia issued a formal apology to Indigenous Australians for forced removals of Australian Indigenous children (often referred to as the Stolen Generations) from their families by Australian federal and state government agencies.

Is the Stolen Generation?

The Stolen Generations refers to a period in Australias history where Aboriginal children were removed from their families through government policies. Similar policies were later adopted by other states and territories – and by the federal government when it was established in the 1900s.

Who was the prime minister during the Stolen Generation?

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd On 13 February 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a formal apology to Australias Indigenous peoples, particularly to the Stolen Generations whose lives had been blighted by past government policies of forced child removal and Indigenous assimilation.

When was the last Aboriginal child taken?

The Stolen Generations refers to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were removed from their families between 1910 and 1970. This was done by Australian federal and state government agencies and church missions, through a policy of assimilation.

What caused the Stolen Generation?

Since colonisation, numerous government laws, policies and practices resulted in the forced removal of generations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families and communities across Australia.

How did the stolen generation end?

The NSW Aborigines Protection Board loses its power to remove Indigenous children. The Board is renamed the Aborigines Welfare Board and is finally abolished in 1969. By 1969, all states have repealed the legislation allowing for the removal of Aboriginal children under the policy of protection.

When did Rudd say sorry?

On 13 February 2008, then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd moved a motion of Apology to Indigenous Australians. His apology was a formal apology on behalf of the successive parliaments and governments whose policies and laws inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians.

What rights were taken away from the Aboriginal?

By 1911, every mainland State and Territory had introduced protection policies that subjected Indigenous people to near-total control, and denied them basic human rights such as freedom of movement and labour, custody of their children, and control over their personal property.