Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Stolen Generations" in English language version.
despite the apparent recognition in government reports that the interests of Indigenous children were best served by keeping them in their own communities, the number of Aboriginal children forcibly removed continued to increase, rising from 220 in 1973 to 350 in 1976 (Victorian Government final submission page 72).
In Victoria, for example, "The (Aboriginal Protection) Act gave powers to the Board for the Protection of Aborigines which subsequently developed into an extraordinary level of control of people's lives including regulation of residence, employment, marriage, social life and other aspects of daily life."
Half-castes came among them, a being neither black nor white, whom they detested [...] I did what I set out to do—to make their passing easier and to keep the dreaded half-caste menace from our great continent.
We were taken off our mother, we were told that we were taken off her because she was a heathen, she was not capable of looking after us ...
despite the apparent recognition in government reports that the interests of Indigenous children were best served by keeping them in their own communities, the number of Aboriginal children forcibly removed continued to increase, rising from 220 in 1973 to 350 in 1976 (Victorian Government final submission page 72).
We were taken off our mother, we were told that we were taken off her because she was a heathen, she was not capable of looking after us ...
In Victoria, for example, "The (Aboriginal Protection) Act gave powers to the Board for the Protection of Aborigines which subsequently developed into an extraordinary level of control of people's lives including regulation of residence, employment, marriage, social life and other aspects of daily life."
Half-castes came among them, a being neither black nor white, whom they detested [...] I did what I set out to do—to make their passing easier and to keep the dreaded half-caste menace from our great continent.