Stolen generations postcard 2 1

The Stolen Generation

  • Period: to

    The Stolen Generation

  • The Aborigines Act

    THe Cheif protector is made the legal gardian of all Aboriginal half caste under the age of 16
  • Northern Territory Aboriginals Ordinance

    Chief Protector gains power to have custody of any Aboriginal or 'half-caste' if it is deemed 'necessary'.
  • Aborigines Protection Amending Act

    Aborigines were seperated from indigenous children from their families without the need to establish neglect in court.
  • Infants Welfare Act

    All Aboriginal children were taken from Cape Barren Island
  • APB losses right to take Aboriginal children

    In NSW the Aboriginal Protection Board loss the right to remove Indigious people from their families
  • The APB is abolished

    The Aboriginal Protection Bored was re-named and abolished
  • Link-Up Aboriginal Corporation

    Aboriginal familys were able to trace back and reunite with the stolen children
  • Aboriginal Child Placement Principle

    The Northen Territory was aiming to insure that all Indiginious children that havent been reunited with their familys go into foster care.
  • Going Home Confrence

    Darwin gets together 600 Aboriginal people that were removed as children to discuss about how they felt about it and what needs to be done
  • The sorry day

    The sorry day
    The sorry day becomes and annual event to remeber the stolen generation.
  • The Sorry Walk

    250,000 indignious people walked across the Sydney Harbor Bridge on the 28th of May to remeber the stolen generation