Loading ...For a full century preceding 1969, under the premise of various state and federal parliamentary acts and church missions, Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander children in Australia were routinely and forcibly removed from their families. The intention varied from policy aimed at flushing out the aboriginal genes to those which were branded as so-called ‘protection’ of aboriginal people. Australia Day, which signifies the founding of the nation under the Commonwealth, is coined Invasion Day by aboriginal people who I know - and they have good reason.
The truth is that for a bulk of Australia’s history, little just thought was given to the dignity and rights of these ancient races of people. There was little appreciation of their relationship to a land which was not real estate, but an entity which coursed through their veins, inseparable from their spirituality and culture. Little just thought also was given to the devastating effects of forcibly uprooting a human being from their family and culture, especially when the culture is so deeply rooted in family. read on »
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