The Stolen Generations’ Testimonies

Bill Simon

Sometime I ask, why has all this happened to me? We lost everything. ...

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Frank Byrne

It’s very important to tell people our stories because we are hurting. It hurts. We lost our family and we didn’t bring that on. It ...

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Harold Furber

It’s part of healing for the individual and the family but it’s also important for the healing of Australia. Some of the demons or the ...

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Marita AhChee

Mum wanted people to know that it didn't only affect the kids who were removed, but also their family, especially the mothers. ...

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Herbie Laughton

I wish to share my story to the wider community and to educate the younger generations on the things that happened in those days. ...

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Mohammad Ali McKee

I tell my story so it can be used as an educational tool in our schools Australia-wide. I want to teach the younger generation about ...

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Eileen Moseley

So the rest of Australia knows that the history of the Stolen Generations happened. And to educate the people that the Stolen Generations was a ...

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Daniel Forrester

I don’t want Stolen Generations to be repeated and I want my grandchildren and great grandchildren to know about the plight of Aboriginal people in ...

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Nita Marshall

I want people to know what happened to us old people when we were young. It's a story that should be shared. There are Indigenous ...

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Keith Kitchener

That was the sad part we had no choice, our mother had no choice, our father had no choice. When the Government said we had ...

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