Title Telling our story : a report by the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (Inc) on the removal of Aboriginal children from their families in Western Australia / Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (Inc)

Published [Perth, W.A.?] : The Service, [1995] ©1995

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	305.89915 Abo/Tos		AVAILABLE
MELB	305.89915 Abo/Tos		AVAILABLE

Description xi, 247 pages ; 29 cm Summary History of Aboriginal child welfare in Western Australia which concentrates on the policies of removal of children and assimilation; psychological, social and cultural effects of removing children from their families; makes recommendations to state and Federal governments for reparation; legal implications of removal policies and practices; based on case studies in which individuals told their stories as a catharsis for feelings of sorrow and rage; includes individual and case studies and a chapter devoted to one familys story Analysis Aboriginal Australians - Children - Crimes against - Western Australia Aboriginal Australians - Children - Institutional care - Western Australia Aboriginal Australians - Children - Removal Aboriginal Australians - Government policy - Western Australia Aboriginal Australians - Removal Aboriginal Australians - Western Australia - Child welfare Genocide - Government policy - Western Australia - History Notes Bibliography; p. 198-204 Bibliography Bibliography: pages 198-204 Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Children -- Crimes against -- Australia -- Western Australia. Aboriginal Australians -- Children -- Australia -- Western Australia. Aboriginal Australians -- Children -- Treatment -- Australia -- Western Australia. Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Australia -- Western Australia. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Child welfare Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Crimes against -- Australia -- Western Australia. Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Government policy -- Australia -- Western Australia. Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Treatment -- Australia -- Western Australia. Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Western Australia. Genocide -- Government policy -- Australia -- Western Australia -- History.

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