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In 1869 Victorian Board for the Protection of Aborigines is estabilished, this gives them the right to remove any Aboriginal child from there parents.
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The New south wales Protection board is established.
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Queensland establish its own board Protection of Aborigines.
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Western Australian Board is created.
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This act gives the Protection Board to gain full custody over any Aboriginal child if a court found that they were being neglected.
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The last of the states to enact its own board.
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This new law enable the protection board to take away any Aboringinal child that they felt was being neglected without court order.
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The New South Wales Protection Board loses its power to remove Aboriginal children.
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All Protection Boards lose their power to remove children from their parents and all boards are abolished by the end of the year.
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The Going Home Conference is held at Darwin to talk with the children of the stolen generation, and look for ways of compensation.
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The Bringing Them Home Report is created, it is a book which contains first hand stories of the child from the stolen generation.
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In 1998 Sorry Day is established on the 26th May to remember the hardship the Aboriginal community faced.
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On the 13th February 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a formal apology on behalf of Parliament to the stolen generations.