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=Stolen Generations by Viv and Bela.=

From 1910 to 1970 Aboriginal children were taken from their local area if they looked ‘alone’ but were really looked after. They were brought up like an English child but with little education and low grade jobs (e.g farming). The Australians thought they were giving the children a better life, but they were instead taking away their identity. Life was tough being a stolen Aboriginal child because the food was sometimes scarce and living conditions poor. To make things worse practising their culture was strictly forbidden(This made some children forget that they were Aboriginal!!!).These treatments were discriminatory because this only happened to young & older children!!!!!!. Some children were taken to other countries to work. A few years later some people thought if this continued there would be no real Aboriginals. At the end of the Stolen Generations era, The Stolen Generation Children that were still alive went back to their Aboriginal homes and were reunited with their families once more. The Government has never apologised to the Aborigines that survived the Stolen Generations.