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Governer Marquarie opened the school of "Native Insitution" at Parramatta for Aboriginal children
The school was opened under the policy of "absorption" which stated to distance Aboriginals from their culture and heritage. It closed in 1820. -
Colony of Victoria encated the Aboriginal Protection Act.
The act enforced new regulations that controlled indigenous peoples residence, employment and marriage as well as gave the ability for Government Boards to send them to missions/reserves which set out to teach them the European way of life. The act also established the Aboriginal Protection Board. -
New policy of "The Abroiginal Protection Board of Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act
The act allowed the Chief Protector to remove Aboriginal people between reserves and hold children in dormitories. The Director of Native Welfare also became the legal guardian of all Aboriginal children without regard of their biological parents or guardians. -
The Aborigines Act (WA) is passed
The act states that the Chief Protector is to become the legal guardian of every Aboriginal and 'half-caste'(Aboriginals with European descent) child under 16 years old. Other states and territories enact similar laws over the years. -
The Aborigines Protection Act (NSW)
This act gives the Aborigines Protection Board power to assume full control and custody of the child of any Aborigine if a court found the child to be neglected under the Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders Act 1905. -
The Aborigines Protection Amending Act (NSW)
Under the act the Aboriginal Protection Board now has power to separate Indigenous children from their families without the need to establish neglect in court. -
Assimilation Policy
It is decide by the federal Government that the assimilation policy is to become the official policy enforced for Aboriginal peoples. Aboriginal people with European descent are to be assimilated into white society. -
The NSW Aborigines Protection Board loses its power to remove Indigenous children
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All Australian states had repealed the legislation allowing for the removal of Aboriginal children
The board NSW Aboriginal Protection Board abolished and is renamed the Aborigines Welfare Board. -
Going Home Conference
In Darwin hundreds of people removed as children, from every state and territory met to share experiences, and expose the history of the removal of Aboriginal children from their families and the effects of this policy on Aboriginal people. -
Bringing Home Report
A Report on the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families is published. Which found that 10 to 33% of the Aboriginal children were removed from their families between 1910 and 1970 of which suffered physical and sexual abuse and were not protected by authorities. Many were not paired for their work and under international law, from 1946 the policies of forcible removal amount to genocide. The inquiry an apology to Aboriginal peoples. -
National Sorry Day
After being publicised in 1997, the Bringing Home Report recommended for the Prime Minister to apologies to the Stolen Generation. Although both John Howard and his opposition leader Kim Beazley failed to give an official, sincere and public apology. It wasn't until 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a motion of Apology to the Indigenous Australian Stolen Generation in parliament on behalf of the Federal Government.