The Bicentennial of British Settlement in Australia takes place. Thousands of Indigenous people and supporters march through the streets of Sydney to celebrate cultural and physical survival.
It finds that of the 99 deaths it investigated, 43 were of people who were separated from their families as children. It decides that native title exists over particular kinds of lands — unalienated Crown Lands, national parks and reserves — and that Australia was never terra nullius or empty land.
International Year of Indigenous People. This law allows Indigenous people to make land claims under certain situations. Claims cannot be made on freehold land privately-owned land. The Commissioner's role is to monitor and report to Commonwealth Parliament on the human rights of Indigenous Australians. The Going Home Conference in Darwin brings together over Aboriginal people removed as children to discuss common goals of access to archives, compensation, rights to land and social justice.
The High Court hands down its decision in the Wik case. Wik concerned land, which is, or has been, subject to pastoral leases. This restricts the way in which native title can be claimed.
Mandatory sentencing in Western Australia and the Northern Territory becomes a national issue. Many call for these laws to be overturned because they have greater impact on Indigenous children than on non-Indigenous children.
The Committee criticises the Commonwealth Government's inadequate response to recommendations from Bringing them home:. The Northern Territory Government repeals its mandatory sentencing laws. The Northern Territory Government presents a parliamentary motion of apology to people who were removed from their families. Both reports express serious concerns about the nation's progress in achieving the exercise of Indigenous rights.
The first member of the Stolen Generations is awarded compensation in the NSW Victims Compensation Tribunal for the sexual assault and injuries she suffered after authorities removed her from her family.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner publicly criticises the failure of governments to provide financial and social reparations for members of the Stolen Generation, a national apology, or the appropriate mechanisms for individuals that were forcibly removed to reconnect with their culture. Oral language and traditions that could only survive if passed down from one generation to the next were lost, and many parents struggled to get over the loss of their children.
Children experienced neglect, abuse and they were more likely to suffer from depression, mental illness and low self-esteem. They were also more vulnerable to physical, psychological and sexual abuse in state care, at work, or while living with non-Indigenous families.
A recent study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare showed that the removed children were less likely to have a secondary education and three times more likely to have a police record. Because these children did not grow up within a healthy family structure, the effects of the Stolen Generations are felt today as they start their own families. This is known as Intergenerational Trauma. Around 33 per cent have problems accessing services. Additionally, almost 66 per cent of Stolen Generations survivors have a household income in the bottom 30 per cent.
There were 17, Stolen Generations survivors alive in Around 33 per cent of adult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are descendants of Stolen Generations survivors. In Western Australia, this figure is as high as 46 Per cent. Today, Stolen Generations survivors live right across Australia. All rights reserved Website designed, developed by. Message: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices and names of people who have passed away.
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