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Stolen Generations
The stolen generations
The stolen generations were a range of brutal removals of aboriginal children from their families between the late 1800s to the mid 1900s. The
core goal in these removals was known as assimilation. Assimilation was based on the belief that aboriginals were to be treated unequally
compared to the white people, and that the whites had the right to comprise Australia without aboriginals. The main beliefs behind these
operations were that aborigines were inadequate as people and did not meet the borderline standards of civil human beings.
The children were targeted because of their vulnerability towards conforming to the white ways. Half caste children (which is considered an
insulting word) had slightly lighter skin tone and were targeted more often to speed up the process towards a white Australia.
The indigenous children were integrated into the white community in an attempt to deter them from the culture and raise them as white Australians.
Some of these...show more content...
This included eradicating the younger indigenous generation's previous beliefs and practices relating to their aboriginal culture and replacing
them with the white way of life. They also tried to make them eliminate their aboriginal line through breeding with white people. For example an
aboriginal woman would have offspring with a white man. The offspring would only be half indigenous. The child would then grow up to have
children with a white person. The offspring would be only a quarter aboriginal. Eventually the aboriginal heritage would only be in their distant
ancestry.
Ultimately this operation was unsuccessful. Despite the governments so called "good intentions" to help aboriginals to adapt to white society, the
white Australians refused to accept them and they continued to be social outcasts. The only thing achieved was tremendous pain and
traumatisation to the children and their
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Stolen Generations

  • 1. Stolen Generations The stolen generations The stolen generations were a range of brutal removals of aboriginal children from their families between the late 1800s to the mid 1900s. The core goal in these removals was known as assimilation. Assimilation was based on the belief that aboriginals were to be treated unequally compared to the white people, and that the whites had the right to comprise Australia without aboriginals. The main beliefs behind these operations were that aborigines were inadequate as people and did not meet the borderline standards of civil human beings. The children were targeted because of their vulnerability towards conforming to the white ways. Half caste children (which is considered an insulting word) had slightly lighter skin tone and were targeted more often to speed up the process towards a white Australia. The indigenous children were integrated into the white community in an attempt to deter them from the culture and raise them as white Australians. Some of these...show more content... This included eradicating the younger indigenous generation's previous beliefs and practices relating to their aboriginal culture and replacing them with the white way of life. They also tried to make them eliminate their aboriginal line through breeding with white people. For example an aboriginal woman would have offspring with a white man. The offspring would only be half indigenous. The child would then grow up to have children with a white person. The offspring would be only a quarter aboriginal. Eventually the aboriginal heritage would only be in their distant ancestry. Ultimately this operation was unsuccessful. Despite the governments so called "good intentions" to help aboriginals to adapt to white society, the white Australians refused to accept them and they continued to be social outcasts. The only thing achieved was tremendous pain and traumatisation to the children and their Get more content on HelpWriting.net