Stolen Generations

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    Victorian Board for the Protection of Aborigines

    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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    NSW Protection Board

    The New south wales Protection board is established.
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    Queensland Protection Board

    Queensland establish its own board Protection of Aborigines.
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    Western Australian Board for the Protection of Aborigines

    Western Australian Board is created.
  • Aborigines Protection Act (NSW)

    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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    South Australian Protection board of Aborigines

    The last of the states to enact its own board.
  • Aborigines Protection Amending Act (NSW)

    This new law enable the protection board to take away any Aboringinal child that they felt was being neglected without court order.
  • NSW Aborigines Protection Board

    The New South Wales Protection Board loses its power to remove Aboriginal children.
  • Abolishment

    All Protection Boards lose their power to remove children from their parents and all boards are abolished by the end of the year.
  • Going Home Conference

    The Going Home Conference is held at Darwin to talk with the children of the stolen generation, and look for ways of compensation.
  • Bringing Them Home Report

    The Bringing Them Home Report is created, it is a book which contains first hand stories of the child from the stolen generation.
  • Sorry Day

    In 1998 Sorry Day is established on the 26th May to remember the hardship the Aboriginal community faced.
  • Apology to the stolen generation

    On the 13th February 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a formal apology on behalf of Parliament to the stolen generations.