Assimilation In Australian Aboriginal History

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The most influential period in the history of indigenous Australians history was between 1909 and 1969, the government believes the Australian Aboriginal "humble ignorance" and "will disappear “, therefore, they implement the “policy of assimilation” and gave 100 thousand Indigenous Australians children to the Caucasian family by permanently and forcibly, the purpose is to "bleaching" the indigenous Australians lead to Australian Aboriginal children separated from their parents. At that time, most white families discriminated indigenous Australians, therefore, they used to batter indigenous children and force them to forget their language and culture. The children were forced to learn the language and way of life of while by Caucasian family,

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