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| UpdatedStolen Generations members say the Federal Government's proposed compensation scheme for child sexual abuse survivors should also account for trauma suffered by Indigenous children taken from their parents.
Topics: stolen-generations, government-and-politics, federal-government, child-abuse, wa
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A beloved Aboriginal elder who survived the Stolen Generation and Cyclone Tracy and met US president Barack Obama is farewelled in Darwin.
Topics: person, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, stolen-generations, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedA reclamation is underway of former missions to transform them into places of cultural healing for families whose members were part of the Stolen Generations.
Topics: christianity, aboriginal, aboriginal-language, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, stolen-generations, wa, katanning-6317
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Charges against a West Australian man accused of raping a child at a Christian mission in Western Australia's South West more than 40 years ago are dropped.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, child-abuse, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, stolen-generations, collie-6225, wa
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A group of Indigenous women in the Northern Territory say they are still waiting for recommendations from a landmark report into the Stolen Generations to be implemented 19 years after the document's release.
Topics: stolen-generations, indigenous-policy, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedAboriginal people across Australia celebrate their assigned birthday, bringing mixed emotions for members of the Stolen Generations.
Topics: stolen-generations, broome-6725
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| UpdatedA New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into the Stolen Generations recommends the state set up a compensation scheme for survivors.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, stolen-generations, state-parliament, sydney-2000, cootamundra-2590, bomaderry-2541, port-macquarie-2444, south-west-rocks-2431
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Campaigners renew calls for a national compensation scheme for members of the Stolen Generation during a Sorry Day event in Adelaide.
Topics: stolen-generations, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, sa, australia
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| UpdatedA one-man show that spans three generations and explores the lives of four Noongar men who were forcibly removed from their families has its first showing in Perth on Tuesday night.
Topics: theatre, stolen-generations, perth-6000
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A decade of helping others lands Aboriginal elder Aunty Lillian Burke with a top volunteering award.
Topics: history, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, stolen-generations, volunteers, maroochydore-4558, gympie-4570
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| UpdatedA NT author says her grandmother saved her from the fate of children considered "too white" for her Aboriginal family, being given to crocodiles.
Topics: stolen-generations, nt
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Topics: aboriginal, history, land-rights, stolen-generations, peak-hill-2869
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A group of Indigenous elders in far west New South Wales have shared on camera their personal experiences of growing up part of the Stolen Generation.
Topics: indigenous-other-peoples, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, stolen-generations, wilcannia-2836
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| UpdatedAn inquiry looking into reparations for members of the Stolen Generations has heard there is an urgent need for a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in far west New South Wales.
Topics: rehabilitation, indigenous-policy, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, regional, stolen-generations, state-parliament, broken-hill-2880
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| UpdatedThe CEO of the Kimberley Stolen Generation Aboriginal Corporation says Alan Jones reopened old wounds when he said "we need Stolen Generations" and that children were taken "to look after them".
Topics: stolen-generations, radio-broadcasting, family-and-children, broome-6725, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedEight years since former prime minister Kevin Rudd said sorry to the Stolen Generations, two Martu women from Western Australia's Pilbara region believe the national apology has offered little comfort.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, stolen-generations, community-and-society, federal---state-issues, newman-6753, canberra-2600
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A compensation scheme should be established for the Stolen Generations in New South Wales, an inquiry examining responses to the landmark Bringing Them Home Report is told.
Topics: stolen-generations, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, australia
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A NSW Parliamentary committee that is coming to the western region says it's looking into current removals of Aboriginal children as well as reparations for the Stolen Generations.
Topics: stolen-generations, state-parliament, walgett-2832
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| UpdatedThe death of a prominent Aboriginal elder in South Australia prompts calls for a Stolen Generations compensation scheme to be expedited and for elders to be given priority.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, stolen-generations, australia, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedSandra Bolt tells her story about the trauma one devastating act of state paternalism has inflicted on five generations of her family.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, stolen-generations, cabbage-tree-island-2477, casino-2470, lismore-2480
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Bundjalung woman Sandra Bolt speaks to ABC North Coast presenter Joanne Shoebridge about the impact of Stolen Generations policies on five generations of her family.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, stolen-generations, lismore-2480, casino-2470, cabbage-tree-island-2477
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| UpdatedTopics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, stolen-generations, cabbage-tree-island-2477