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Understanding the Stolen Generations

Test your knowledge about the Stolen Generations in Australia. This quiz covers essential historical events, policies, and outcomes affecting Indigenous Australians through a set of thought-provoking questions.

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The Aborigines Protection Act
Government policies on Indigenous children
Historical statistics and reports

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The 1909 Aborigines Protection Act-

Prevented Indigenous Australians from owning firearms

Helped protect Indigenous Australians from harm

Allowed the removal of neglected Indigenous children

Allowed the removal of any indigenous child

The 1915 Amendment-

Stopped the removal of Indigenous children

Allowed the removal of any Indigenous child

Focused on fixing rural infastructure

Banned Indigenous Australians from orphanages

How many Indigenous Australians were removed from their families and communities as part of the Stolen Generations?

Over 100,000

10,000

500

In what year did the Australian government issue a formal apology to the Stolen Generations?

2008

2002

1997

1992

What does the term “Stolen Generations” refer to?

Indigenous Australians who were forcibly removed from their families and communities by the Australian government

Indigenous Australians who left their families and communities voluntarily

Indigenous Australians who died during the colonial period

Indigenous Australians who migrated to other countries

What is the name of the policy that aimed to “breed out” Aboriginality through forced intermarriage between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people?

Assimilation

Integration

Protectionism

Separatism

What is the name of the report released in 1997 which documented the experiences of the Stolen Generations?

Bringing Them Home

The Sorry Report

Lost Souls

Forgotten People

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