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stolen generation

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noun

Aboriginal children removed from their families and placed in institutions or fostered by White families between 1910 and 1970

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stolen generation

The film touches on Australia's "stolen generation" - victims of a government policy of assimilation that was in place until the late 1960s.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2012

Just weeks after he took office, he issued a historic apology to the so-called "stolen generation" of Australian Aborigines who had been taken from their homes and placed with white families or in institutions.

From Time ● Jun. 24, 2010

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