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Western Australia - Glossary Term
Stolen Generations
The Stolen Generations are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who, when they were children, were taken away from their families and communities as the result of past government policies. Children were removed by governments, churches and welfare bodies to be brought up in institutions, fostered out or adopted by white families. The removal of Aboriginal children took place from the early days of British colonisation in Australia. It broke important cultural, spiritual and family ties and has left a lasting and intergenerational impact on the lives and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Publications
Books
- Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (Inc), Telling Our Story, A report by the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (Inc) on the removal of Aboriginal Children from their families in Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, 1995. Details
- Buti, Tony, After the Removal, A submission by the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (Inc) to the National Inquiry into Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families., Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (Inc), Perth, Western Australia, 1996. Details
- Haebich, Anna, Broken circles: fragmenting indigenous families 1800-2000, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, Western Australia, 2000. Details
Book Sections
- Bacon, Violet, 'Stolen generations', in Gregory, Jenny and Jan Gothard [editors] (eds), Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia, University of Western Australia Press, Crawley, W.A., 2009, pp. 844-845. Details
Online Resources
- 'Closing the Gap Clearinghouse', in Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australian Institute of Family Studies, https://web.archive.org/web/20150331044108/http://www.aihw.gov.au:80/closingthegap/. Details
- 'Stolen Generations', in Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies [website], http://aiatsis.gov.au/research/finding-your-family/before-you-start/stolen-generations. Details
- 'Western Australia Protectors Reports 1899-1959', in To Remove and Protect: Aboriginal Lives Under Control [website], Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, National Library of Australia, http://aiatsis.gov.au/collections/collections-online/digitised-collections/remove-and-protect/western-australia. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Native Affairs 1945, p.8. Details
- 'National Research Study on the Service Response to Past Adoption Experiences', in Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australian Institute of Family Studies, https://aifs.gov.au/publications/past-adoption-experiences. Details
- 'The Treatment of Aborigines', Western Mail, Charles Harper, J.W. Hackett, James Gibey, for the Western mail office, Perth, 14 October 1905, p. 44, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37807591. Details
- 'The Aborigines Report', Western Mail, Charles Harper, J.W. Hackett, James Gibey, for the Western mail office, Perth, 21 March 1935, p. 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38390514. Details
- 'Square gets work - as a city apprentice!', Sunday Times, 1 June 1952, p. 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59547082. Details
- 'Hostility to sending boy to country', Sunday Times, 18 May 1952, p. 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59548329. Details
- 'Letters poured in - most want 'Square' to stay', Sunday Times, 25 May 1952, p. 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59542319. Details
- 'Stolen Generations', in Australian Screen, National Film and Sound Archive, 2000, http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/stolen-generations/clip3/. Details
- Inquiry into Stolen Wages, Commonwealth of Australia, 2006, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/stolen_wages/index. Details
- Stolen Generations' Testimonies, Stolen Generations' Testimonies Foundation, 2009, http://www.stolengenerationstestimonies.com/. Details
- Stolen Wages Reparation Scheme WA Frequently Asked Question, Government of Western Australia, 2012. Details
- Dawn and New Dawn 1952-1975: A Magazine for the Aboriginal People of New South Wales, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies [website], with Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), 2012, http://aiatsis.gov.au/collections/collections-online/digitised-collections/dawn-and-new-dawn. Details
- 'Storylines', in State Library of Western Australia website, State Library of Western Australia, 20 February 2015, https://storylines.slwa.wa.gov.au/welcome. Details
- To Remove and Protect: Aboriginal Lives Under Control [website], 2010, https://aiatsis.gov.au/collection/featured-collections/remove-and-protect. Details
- Bringing Them Home: The 'Stolen Children' Report (1997), Australian Human Rights Commission, 2011, https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-social-justice/publications/bringing-them-home. Details
- Foster, Darren J, 'Submission No. 347 Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 3 April 2004, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- Health Consumers' Council WA Inc, 'Submission No. 255 Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 17 March 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- Legislative Assembly, Parliament of Western Australia, 'Aborigines - Family Separation', in Parliament of Western Australia website, Parliament of Western Australia, 28 May 1997, https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Hansard/hansard1870to1995.nsf/83cc4ce93b5d4e0b48257b33001cfef6/3B51558D54EA683648258435001EEBCD/$File/19970528_Assembly.pdf. Details
- Longworth, Alison, Was it worthwhile?, An historical analysis of five women missionaries and their encounters with the Nyungar people of south-west Australia, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, 2005, http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/163/2/02Whole.pdf. pp.298-299. Details
- The Stolen Generations: A Documentary Collection, The Monthly, 3 September 2006, http://www.themonthly.com.au/files/stolen.pdf. Details
- National Stolen Generations Alliance, 'Submission No. 227 Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices', in Submissions received by the Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, 2012, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2010-13/commcontribformerforcedadoption/submissions. Details
- Read, Peter, The Stolen Generations: The removal of Aboriginal children in New South Wales 1883 to 1969, New South Wales Department of Aboriginal Affairs, c. 1980, https://www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au/media/website_pages/research-and-publications/completed-research-and-evaluation/Stolen_Generations.pdf. Details
- Stolen Generations, Southwest Aboriginal Land and Sea Council, 2012, http://www.noongarculture.org.au/stolen-generations/. Details
- Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Parliament of Australia, Unfinished Business: Indigenous Stolen Wages, Commonwealth of Australia, December 2006, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/stolen_wages/report/index. Details
- Tilbrook, Lois, Nyungar Tradition : glimpses of Aborigines of south-western Australia 1829-1914, Online version published by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in 2007, University of Western Australia Press, 1983, http://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/catalogue_resources/m0022954.pdf. Details
Photos
- Title
- Reconciling The Past: Government control of Aboriginal monies in Western Australia, 1905-1972
- Type
- Document
- Date
- June 2008
- Source
- Department of Indigenous Affairs, Western Australia
Details
- Title
- Stolen Wages Reparation Scheme WA
Frequently Asked Questions
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 2012
- Source
- Government of Western Australia
Details