Stolen Generations

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/stolen-generations

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the period of systematic removal?Primarily 1905-1967, with some removals continuing into the 1970s
2. What is the bringing them home report year?1997
3. Why were Indigenous children taken from their families?The government said it was to protect the children, but the real goal was to erase their culture and make them fit into white society.
4. How did the government remove children?Laws gave authorities power to take children if they thought the parents couldn't raise them in a "Western" way; the children were then sent to institutions, orphanages, or foster homes.

Assimilation Policy: Government strategy aimed at absorbing Indigenous peoples into the dominant culture, erasing their distinct identities.
Intergenerational Trauma: The transmission of historical trauma and its psychological effects from one generation to the next.
Reconciliation: The process of establishing equal and right relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.