removal of Aboriginal children from their families in Australia

Marie Fouche (fouche@rmii.com)
Sun, 21 Apr 1996 13:49:59 -0700


I thought that some of you may be interested in this.

Marie

Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 09:42:38 +0800 (WST)
From: Christine Choo <cachoo@cygnus.uwa.edu.au>
To: Marie Fouche <fouche@rmii.com>
Subject: Re: Lost Bird Mailing List

Dear Marie,
Could you please forward the following information to all interested
parties.
The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (Inc.) has prepared a
report on the impacts of the removal of Aboriginal children from their
families in Western Australia:

_Telling Our Story: A Report by the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western
Australia (Inc.) on the removal of Aboriginal children from their families
in Western Austrlaia_, July 1995.

Here are the Chapter headings:

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 History of Aboriginal Child Welfare in Western Australia
Chapter 3 The Effects of Removing Children from their Families
Chapter 4 Individual and Family Case Studies
Chapter 5 One Family's Story
Chapter 6 Legal Implications of Removal Policies and Practices
Chapter 7 Conclusions

The Report includes Tables of Cases cited, Legislation cited, United
Nations Instruments and Reservations cited, Other International
Instruments cited and a Bibliography.

Cost: Aust $20.00 per copy plus postage and packing

Copies can be obtained by sending a fax or writing to:
The Librarian,
Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (Inc.)
PO Box 8194
Stirling Street
Perth, Western Australia WA 6849
Australia

Telephone No: 0011 61 9 265 6666
Fax No: 0011 61 9 221 1767

In Lak'ech Yelir,

Marie Fouche - fouche@rmii.com
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