Several Government commitments in the past maintain a positive impact on the future Indigenous Australians; however considering the social alienation, cultural exclusion, emotional and environmental disadvantages Indigenous peoples endured in the past what more can be done? To provide an improved educational experience for Indigenous Australians, the relevance of the recommendation brought forward in The Bringing them Home report section 9b. it states ‘all under-graduates and trainees in relevant professions receive, as part of their core curriculum, education about the history and effects of forcible removal’ will be discussed (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission [HREOC], 1997). Some of the most important policies and procedures
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Many Aboriginal and some Torres Strait Islander people were forcibly removed from their families as children by past Australia Federal, State and Territory government agencies between the late 1800’s to the 1870’s are now referred to as ‘The stolen generation’(National Sorry day committee, 2014). The Stolen generation has corrupted, devastated and destroyed the souls, hopes and beliefs of many Indigenous peoples lives because they now live with permanent scars of suffer discrimination, racism and prejudice that can possibly never be repaired. Throughout this period the government were empowered to forcibly remove children from their families the children received a very low level of education as they were guided to be labourers and domestic servants. These children were abused psychologically, physically and sexually while they were in state care or with adopted families, as a result of this abuse it has been linked to a high rate of anxiety, depression, stress and even suicide for Indigenous children among the stolen generation (HREOC, 1997). Finally in 1965 the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Act 1965 allowed for families to regain guardianship of their stolen children even though this act failed to correct the law that the Director would still have the power to order compulsory removal of people between reserves. This power was overturned in 1971 when the Aborigines Act 1971 and the Torres Strait Islanders Act 1971 were passed and it was abolished in 1979. However only recently has the Rudd Government made a sincere national public apology (known as National Sorry Day) and become the first official government body to acknowledge the impact the stolen generation has had on Australian history and
Many Aboriginal and some Torres Strait Islander people were forcibly removed from their families as children by past Australia Federal, State and Territory government agencies between the late 1800’s to the 1870’s are now referred to as ‘The stolen generation’(National Sorry day committee, 2014). The Stolen generation has corrupted, devastated and destroyed the souls, hopes and beliefs of many Indigenous peoples lives because they now live with permanent scars of suffer discrimination, racism and prejudice that can possibly never be repaired. Throughout this period the government were empowered to forcibly remove children from their families the children received a very low level of education as they were guided to be labourers and domestic servants. These children were abused psychologically, physically and sexually while they were in state care or with adopted families, as a result of this abuse it has been linked to a high rate of anxiety, depression, stress and even suicide for Indigenous children among the stolen generation (HREOC, 1997). Finally in 1965 the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Act 1965 allowed for families to regain guardianship of their stolen children even though this act failed to correct the law that the Director would still have the power to order compulsory removal of people between reserves. This power was overturned in 1971 when the Aborigines Act 1971 and the Torres Strait Islanders Act 1971 were passed and it was abolished in 1979. However only recently has the Rudd Government made a sincere national public apology (known as National Sorry Day) and become the first official government body to acknowledge the impact the stolen generation has had on Australian history and