It has been 21 years since the launch of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, and 17 years since the release of the inquiry’s final report –now commonly known as the Bringing Them Home report– which concluded with the troubling finding that a generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Incredibly, the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families continues to this day
The Bringing Them Home (BTH) report described the traumatic effects of the forced removal of Indigenous kids between 1910 and 1970. The Inquiry heard that Indigenous children stolen by the state frequently experienced unnecessarily hard conditions and limited education opportunities, that physical abuse was common, that many of the girls and boys were sexually abused by their custodians. All of this brutality underscored the undue loss of their heritage.
Genocide | Lost Generation 1 | 2
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Incredibly, the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families continues to this day
The Bringing Them Home (BTH) report described the traumatic effects of the forced removal of Indigenous kids between 1910 and 1970. The Inquiry heard that Indigenous children stolen by the state frequently experienced unnecessarily hard conditions and limited education opportunities, that physical abuse was common, that many of the girls and boys were sexually abused by their custodians. All of this brutality underscored the undue loss of their heritage.
Genocide | Lost Generation 1 | 2
#Aboriginals #Australia #ozz
#genocide