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Board for the Protection of Aborigines
The Governor can order the removal of any child to a reformatory or industrial school. -
Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act
Qld) allows the ‘Chief Protector’ to remove local Aboriginal people onto and between reserves and hold children in dormitories. -
Western Australia Aborigines Act
he Chief Protector is made the legal guardian of every Aboriginal and ‘half-caste’ child under 16 years old -
Protection Board is given powers
Protection Board is given powers to remove Aboriginal children without a court hearing. -
Going Home Conference
Over 600 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. -
ational Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families is established to examine the effects of separation, identify what should be done in response, find justification for any compensation and look at the laws of that time affecting child separation. -
Bringing Them Home Report
he inquiry made 54 recommendations, reparations and an apology to Aboriginal peoples.
Key findings:
10 to 33% of the Aboriginal children were removed from their families between 1910 and 1970.
The stolen Aboriginal children often suffered physical and sexual abuse and official bodies failed to protect them. -
Sorry Books campaign
Australians for Native Title (ANT) launches the Sorry Books campaign where Australians can sign who want to do something in response to the federal government’s refusal to make a formal apology to the Stolen Generations.
