The Stolen Generation refers to Aboriginal Australian children who were forcibly removed from their families by the Australian government between 1905 and 1970 in an effort to assimilate them into white society and erase Aboriginal culture, though the policy was presented as helping neglected children. The forced removal caused lasting trauma for victims, with higher rates of mental illness, and a Healing Foundation was later created to help victims process the trauma of the Child Removal Policy.
The Stolen Generation refers to Aboriginal Australian children who were forcibly removed from their families by the Australian government between 1905 and 1970 in an effort to assimilate them into white society and erase Aboriginal culture, though the policy was presented as helping neglected children. The forced removal caused lasting trauma for victims, with higher rates of mental illness, and a Healing Foundation was later created to help victims process the trauma of the Child Removal Policy.
The Stolen Generation refers to Aboriginal Australian children who were forcibly removed from their families by the Australian government between 1905 and 1970 in an effort to assimilate them into white society and erase Aboriginal culture, though the policy was presented as helping neglected children. The forced removal caused lasting trauma for victims, with higher rates of mental illness, and a Healing Foundation was later created to help victims process the trauma of the Child Removal Policy.
- children of Australian aboriginal descent who were kidnapped from their biological families by the government and assimilated into anglo-australian society between approximately 1905 and 1970.
Child Removal Policy:
-Was supposed to help neglected aboriginal children. -The actual objective of the policy was to erase aboriginal culture. -Removed aboriginal people and non removed people had about the same social status, but removed ones had more occurrences of mental illness such as depression and anxiety.
Consequences of the Policy:
-Trauma haunts the victims of the policy. -Healing Foundation is created to help victims of the policy to process trauma.