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Australia and its People › History
What was the Stolen Generations?
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were forcibly removed from their families by government policies
- A generation of Australians lost in World War I
- Convicts transported to Australia who lost contact with their families
Why this is the correct answer
From the late 1800s until as late as the 1970s, government policies allowed authorities to remove Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families. These children, now referred to collectively as the Stolen Generations, suffered lasting trauma from that forced separation.