The Stolen Generations were children of half Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander blood and half white blood. These people were called half caste. These children were removed from their families by the Australian Government which occurred in the between 1905 and 1970. The government believed Aboriginal people would die out, and feared full-blooded Aboriginal people.
In 2000, Phillip Knightley summed up the Stolen Generations in these terms:
"This cannot be over-emphasized—the Australian government literally kidnapped these children from their parents as a matter of policy. White welfare officers, often supported by police, would descend on Aboriginal camps, round up all the children, separate the ones with light-coloured skin, bundle them into
In 2000, Phillip Knightley summed up the Stolen Generations in these terms:
"This cannot be over-emphasized—the Australian government literally kidnapped these children from their parents as a matter of policy. White welfare officers, often supported by police, would descend on Aboriginal camps, round up all the children, separate the ones with light-coloured skin, bundle them into