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The Victorian Board for the Protection of Aborigines
Is established, which allowed the Governor to order the removal of Aboriginal children to an industrial school. -
The Aboriginal Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium
Which allows the Chief Protector to remove local Aboriginal children between reserves and into dormitries. -
The Beginning of the Stolen Generations
The Stolen Generations was when Indigenous or Torres Strait Islander children; were forcibly taken from their families. -
The South Australian Aborigines Act
The act which made the Chief Protector the legal guardian of every single Aboriginal child or half-caste child under the age of 21. -
The NSW Aborigines Protection board
The New South Whales Aborigines Protection board, are given the rights to remove Aboriginal children from their families without a court hearing. -
The Assimilation Policy
The federal government decides that Aboriginal people of mixed decent are to be assimilated into the white society, where they are to be educated. -
The End of The Stolen Generations
The act in which taking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their homes, was finally abolished. But those effected remained traumatised. -
The Apology
Australia's Prime Minister at the time, Kevin Rudd, apologises on behalf of Australia, for the removal of Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander children from their families; and to those affected.
