The Stolen Generations

Contents

1 Introduction: “sorry day” – Australia’s “man’s walk on moon”

2 Background information about indigenous Australians and their status in society

3 Racial theories and the lasting consequences for native Australians

4 The half-caste – fear of a “mixed race”
4.1 Reasons for its formation and the threat it constituted
4.2 Finding a solution

5 Political, legal and public actions concerning the indigenous people
5.1 The Aborigines Department and its Chief Protector A. O. Neville
5.2 The execution of racial ideas with limited resources
5.3 Different perspectives on racial philosophy
5.4 Noteworthy acts, conferences and reports affecting the lives of Aboriginal people

6 Summary of the film “Rabbit-Proof Fence” by Phillip Noyce

7 Mission camps – a place to keep the natives
7.1 The procedure of being brought to the missions and political ideas
7.2 Zooming in on the missions
7.2.1 Moore River Native Settlement
7.2.2 Sister Kate’s Home for Nearly White Children and personal evaluation

8 The consequences of removal for the Aboriginal culture and the situation today

9 “Stolen” by Jane Harrison – a drama summarising the “Stolen Generations” issue

10 The question of genocide

11 Compensation and comparison to other Commonwealth states

Appendices
A. Acts and reports that concern(ed) the “Stolen Generations”
B. Chief Protectors in Western Australia
C. Map of mission camps mentioned in the text
D. Mendelian inheritance as applied by A. O. Neville
E. A poem

Select bibliography

Table of figures