• Explain why Aboriginal Children of the Stolen Generations Were Removed from Their Parents

     

    Essays1 History, Culture

Evaluation:
Published: 29.05.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Explain why Aboriginal Children of the Stolen Generations Were Removed from Thei', 1.
Extract

Aboriginal children were removed from their parents primarily because of a government policy of assimilation. This policy was created because it was believed that it was in the best interest of everyone for Aboriginals to adopt white culture. This goal would be achieved by 'breeding-out' their race through removing fair-skinned Aboriginal children from their families and putting them into white institutions or families.
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In the early 1930's it was soon obvious that the Aboriginal race was not dying out and that the number of mixed-blood Aborigines was increasing. …

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