Stolen Generation

By kiahm123

  • Aboriginal Protection Act Victoria

    Aboriginal Protection Act Victoria establishes an Aborigines Protection Board in Victoria giving the Governor power to remove any indigenous child from their home.

  • New South Wales Aborigines Protection Board

    The NSW Aborigines Protection Board is established to manage lives of 9000 aborigines.

  • Queensland Aboriginal Protection and Registration of the Sale of Opium Act

    Queensland Aboriginal Protection and Registration of the Sale of Opium Act allows the chief protector to remove local aboriginal children and the Director of Native Welfare is the legal guardian of all aboriginal children.

  • Western Australia Aborigines Act

    Western Australia Aborigines Act is passed, chief protector is made the legal guardian of aboriginals under 16.

  • New South Wales Aborigines Protection Act

    Gives the board power to have full control and custody of any indigenous child is found to be neglected under the Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders Act 1905.

  • South Australia Aborigines Protection Act

    South Australia Aborigines Protection Act makes the Chief Protector the legal guardian of every Aboriginal and 'half-caste' child.

  • New South Wales Aborigines Protection Amending Act

    New South Wales Aborigines Protection Amending Act gives power to the Aboriginal Protection Board to separate Aboriginal children from their families without reason in court.

  • Infants Welfare Act Tasmania

    Infants Welfare Act Tasmania is used to remove indigenous children on Cape Barren Island from their homes and families.

  • New South Wales Aborigines Protection Board

    New South Wales Aborigines Protection Board loses power to remove indigenous children.

  • Disregarding of removal

    All states have withdrawn their legislation of removing aboriginal children, under the policy of 'protection'.

  • Going home conference

    The 'Going home conference' in Darwin reunites 600 Aboriginal people removed as children to discuss common goals of ammends.

  • Commonwealth Government

    Commonwealth Government establishes the "National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families."

  • Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission

    HREOC presents 'Bringing them Home', a report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their families.

  • Motion of Reconciliation

    Federal Parliament passes a Motion of Reconciliation to depict their sorrow and regret for the removal of aboriginal children from their homes.

  • Sorry walk

    Over 250,000 people participate in the "Sorry" walk across Sydney Harbor Bridge, acknowledging their sorrow for the removal of the generation.

  • National Sorry Day

    The National Sorry Day Committee exclaims that Sorry Day, the 25th of May will become a “National Day of Healing for All Australians".

  • Kevin Rudd's Apology

    Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, on behalf of the Australian Parliament , makes a historical apology for the unjust segregation and acts of the Government.