Australia: aboriginal children taken from parents

Gary S. Trujillo (gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us)
Thu, 10 Aug 1995 01:53:22 -0500

There was a brief story on the BBC radio news last night talking about
how as many as 60,000 (sixty thousand) aboriginal children had been
taken from their parents at a young age in Australia in a government
program aimed deliberately at forced assimilation. The program, which
lasted until the mid-sixties, according to the report, is now being
labelled genocide and the people who were its victims are being called
"the lost generation." I believe there are efforts being made to seek
compensation for the effects of this policy (not that any amount of
money could ever put right such a terrible thing).

Does anyone have further details about this story?

Thanks.

Gary

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    Gary S. Trujillo                            gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us
Somerville, Massachusetts                {wjh12,bu.edu,spdcc,cdp}!gnosys!gst