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Larissa Behrendt
After the Apology looks at what has happened in the years since the 2008 speech which stopped the nation by the then Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd. It shocks many people to learn that the number of Aboriginal children being removed today by…
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On 13 February 2008, Aboriginal people the prime minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, finally apologises to the Stolen Generations. Read media views of the apology, check out polls and how Australians received the apology.
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Never before, and never since, has a politician been so uncompromisingly honest with their assessment of Aboriginal history. The Redfern Speech remains one of the most significant speeches ever delivered by a politician in Australia.
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Explore the timeline of the Stolen Generations—from the Board for the Protection of Aborigines to the Prime Minister's apology and beyond.
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Compensation can help Aboriginal people in their healing process, but many Australians are opposed. While states and territories set up their own schemes, a national compensation scheme still seems to be far away.
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More and more Australians want to learn about reconciliation with Aboriginal people: What's the meaning of reconciliation? How can you contribute? And what is a RAP? Here are your answers.
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Aboriginal people did not receive equal wages as late as 1986. Explore the events that led to a government apology, a wages reparation scheme and a senate committee.
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Read why Aboriginal children were stolen from their families, where they were taken and what happened to them. The horrific abuse they suffered in institutions and foster families left thousands traumatised for life.
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Aboriginal children stolen from their families were often abused by mission personnel and foster families but also by other children. Many can't bear their traumatic memories, never speak about them and take them into their grave.
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Many Aboriginal people settle either on being a victim or blaming others for being victims. Neither attitude is healthy for self-determination.
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Justice is not without issues for Aboriginal people. Many wonder what the outcome would have been had the plaintiff not been Aboriginal. In rare cases, compensation for injustices cost governments millions.
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Lisa Miranda Sarzin
A beautiful story of acknowledging the past and working together for a brighter future.When Simon unwraps a beautiful boomerang wrapped in an old newspaper, he learns of the national apology to the Stolen Generations. Who were the Stolen Generations…
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Francis Jupurrurla Kelly, David Batty
More than 80 years after the brutal slaughter of 100 or more Aboriginal people in Central Australia, survivors and their descendants tell their story in Coniston.
Known as “the Coniston Massacres”, the punitive expeditions that set out in August…
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Noel Pearson
This is writing of great passion and power, which introduces a fascinating man and a compelling Aboriginal writer.Many of the pieces included in Up from the Mission have been hard to find until now. Gathered together in a cohesive, broad-ranging…
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Mutant Message is a highly disputed book. Here is a timeline of the events, including M. Morgan's apology to the Aboriginal people.
1990: The first book
M. Morgan self-publishes the book for the first time. The title is presumably "Walkabout…
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Colouring the Rainbow uncovers the often hidden world of Queer and Trans Blak Australia and tells it like it is.
22 First Nations people reveal their inner reflections and outlooks on family and culture, identity and respect, homophobia,…
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Lorraine McGee-Sippel
Lorraine McGee-Sippel was just a small girl when she asked her parents what a half-caste was. It was the 1950s and the first step on a journey that would span decades and lead her to search for her birth family.
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Brian Butler, John Bond
Brian Butlers grandmother was taken from her family in 1910. She was 12 years old. Twenty years later her daughter, Brians mother, was taken.
Thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, like Brian Butlers, have been coping with the…
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A poem by Christopher Moore, VIC
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Etchings Indigenous: Treaty is the second volume of new writing and art from emerging and established Aboriginal artists and writers, featuring stories, poetry, art, photography, and a range of reviews, interviews, and insights.
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Peter McConchie (photos)
Elders – Wisdom from Australia's Indigenous Leaders is an important book, whose content is unlike any other. It is about Aboriginal peoples and their traditional and contemporary ways of living.
Elders is a series of chapters authored by tribal…
