Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologized on behalf of the Australian Commonwealth to the Indigenous People of Australia, mainly towards the ones known as the Stolen Generation. The Stolen Generation refers to the indigenous children stolen away from their families to be taken to internment camps, orphanages and some other institutions to be rehabilitated for the “greater good”. They were given new (white) names and taught the ‘proper’ way to live amongst the white community. This was a deliberate action made by the Australian Government and various Church Missions between 1869 and 1969.
The Stolen Generation only recently received major public attention in Australia after the major publication in 1997 called “Bringing Them Home”. Bringing Them Home is the title to the report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families in April 1997. (http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/bth_report/report/index.html)
There is also a 2002 movie ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ that raises the people’s awareness of the Stolen Generation and the Australian Government’s actions. This movie follows three girls who are taken away from their home and are taken to an internment camp to be made ‘white’. The three girls want to go home and escape from the internment camp, although soon the staff realise this and alert the authorities, putting the three girls in danger as they try find their way back home.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologized on behalf of the Australian Commonwealth to the Indigenous People of Australia, mainly towards the ones known as the Stolen Generation. The Stolen Generation refers to the indigenous children stolen away from their families to be taken to internment camps, orphanages and some other institutions to be rehabilitated for the “greater good”. They were given new (white) names and taught the ‘proper’ way to live amongst the white community. This was a deliberate action made by the Australian Government and various Church Missions between 1869 and 1969.
The Stolen Generation only recently received major public attention in Australia after the major publication in 1997 called “Bringing Them Home”. Bringing Them Home is the title to the report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families in April 1997. (http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/bth_report/report/index.html)
There is also a 2002 movie ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ that raises the people’s awareness of the Stolen Generation and the Australian Government’s actions. This movie follows three girls who are taken away from their home and are taken to an internment camp to be made ‘white’. The three girls want to go home and escape from the internment camp, although soon the staff realise this and alert the authorities, putting the three girls in danger as they try find their way back home.
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