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New South Wales - 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
- Bezant, Betty, Our river days : a reflection of childhood memories, 1942-1946 : children from Otford, New South Wales and Croker Island, Northern Territory, Kardoorair Press, Armidale, 2008, 72 pp. Details
Journals
- New South Wales. Aborigines Protection Board (ed.), Report of the Board, Government Printer, 1881-1941. Also available at http://nla.gov.au/nla.aus-vn1447508. Details
- New South Wales. Aborigines Welfare Board (ed.), Annual report of the Aborigines Welfare Board for the year ended …, Government Printer, 1949-1968. Details
Newspaper Articles
- Olsson, Kristina, 'All the lost children', The Weekend Australian Magazine, 30-31 March 2013. Details
Reports
- Bringing them home: National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, Commonwealth of Australia: Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission, 1997, 689 pp. Also available at https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-social-justice/publications/bringing-them-home-stolen. Details
- Berry, M; French, B; Roden, D, Inquiry into children and youth under institutional and other forms of care; submission by Department of Youth and Community Services, New South Wales, February, 1984, 1984. Details
- Department of Child Welfare and Social Welfare, Report of the Minister for Social Welfare on the working of the Aborigines Act, 1969., Government Printer, Sydney, 1970. Details
Resources
- Director : Steven McGregor; Producers: Anna Grieve and Danielle MacLean., Croker Island exodus [videorecording (DVD)]., Jennifer Crone Productions; ABC Program Sales, 2012. Details
Online Resources
- 'Aboriginal Resources: An Overview of Records', in Museums of History NSW website, Museums of History NSW, https://mhnsw.au/guides/aboriginal-resources-overview/. 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
- State archives relating to Aboriginal people, State Records NSW, 1998, http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/guides-and-finding-aids/archives-relating-to-aboriginal-people/state-archives-relating-to-aboriginal-people. Details
- 'Apology Transcript', in We say Sorry - The National Apology to Indigenous Peoples of Australia, Parliament House,
Canberra, 13 February 2008, Parliament of Australia, 2008, https://www.aph.gov.au/Visit_Parliament/Art/De-commissioned/De-Commissioned_Pages/Custom_Media/Apology_to_Australias_Indigenous_Peoples. Details
- The Stolen Generations, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2008, https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/stolen-generations. Details
- 'The Forgotten Australians, Business of the House, Speakers Hornery Ms Sonia; Goward Ms Pru; Ashton Mr Alan; Maguire Mr Daryl; Morris Mr Matthew', in Hansard: NSW Legislative Assembly by date, Hansard, NSW Parliament, 25 November 2010, https://api.parliament.nsw.gov.au/api/hansard/search/daily/pdf/HANSARD-1323879322-61890. Details
- A history of Aboriginal Sydney, University of Sydney, 2010-2013, http://www.historyofaboriginalsydney.edu.au/index.php?p=about. Details
- Stolen Generations' Testimonies, Stolen Generations' Testimonies Foundation, 2012, http://www.stolengenerationstestimonies.com/. Details
- Australian Human Rights Commission, 'Content of apologies by State and Territory Parliaments', in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice, 30 March 2008, http://www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/bth_report/apologies_states.html. Details
- Blackmore, Rod, 'History of Children's Legislation in New South Wales - The Children's Court', in History of the Children's Court, Lawlink, Lawlink NSW, 2012, http://www.childrenscourt.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/History%20of%20Children's%20Legislation%20in%20NSW.pdf. Details
- Department of Health and Ageing, Improving Aged Care for Forgotten Australians, Australian Government, 9 November 2010, http://web.archive.org/web/20120317051342/http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-rescare-forgotten-aust.htm#2. Details
- Henty-Gebert, Claire, Paint Me Black: Memories Of Croker Island And Other Journeys, Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, 2005, 72 pp, https://aiatsis.gov.au/publication/35669. Details
- Irvine, Jenny, 'The lost children of Sydney', Australian Women's Weekly, 19 July 1978, http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/54686799. Details
- Lauder, Joanna, Bomaderry Aboriginal Children's Home listed on heritage register, 15 February 2013, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-14/bomaderry-aboriginal-children27s-home/3829812. Details
- New South Wales. Aborigines Welfare Board, Annual report of the Aborigines Welfare Board for the year ended 1940, Government Printer, 1941. Details
- Parry, Naomi, 'Such a longing': black and white children in welfare in New South Wales and Tasmania, 1880-1940, Department of History, University of New South Wales, 2007, 361 pp, http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/40786. Details
- Read, Peter, The stolen generations: the removal of Aboriginal children in New South Wales 1883-1969, Foreword by Andrew Refshauge, 6th reprint edn, 1981 [1988], https://www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au/media/website_pages/research-and-publications/completed-research-and-evaluation/Stolen_Generations.pdf. Details
Photos
- Title
- The Lost Children of Sydney [Aboriginal Children's Services]
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1978
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- Title
- Bringing them home
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1997
- Publisher
- Commonwealth of Australia: Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission
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- Title
- Back to Cootamundra
- Type
- Video
- Date
- 9 June 2012
- Source
- YouTube
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