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Chapter 2: The Stolen Generations: What does this mean for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people today?

Chapter 2: The Stolen Generations: What does this mean for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people today?

pp. 24-46

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And even though the impact of the Inquiry’s findings has led all state and territory parliaments to express such practices as abhorrent, determining that they will not happen in their respective jurisdictions, there is still a prevailing attitude in the broader community that what was done, was done ‘with the best intentions’ and ‘in the best interests of the child’. I would like to suggest an alternative perspective that may better explain the actions of early 20th-century politicians, pastoralists and developers.

Keywords

  • Stolen
  • Generations
  • legacy
  • impact
  • children
  • youth
  • forcible removal
  • government
  • policy
  • genocide

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