As first published in Precedent, the journal of
the Australian Lawyers Alliance, issue 159, July/August 2020
(Sydney, Australia, ISSN 1449-7719), pp43-46
The Stolen Generation in NSW – A Brief
Background
The term 'Stolen Generations' is one that can generally
be applied to any Indigenous child removed from their family by
either the Australian federal government, the governments of the
various states and territories, or assorted religious
organisations, prior to 1969. It is acknowledged that the removal
of Indigenous children from their kin continued to occur in some
states and territories well into the 1970s. Fifty years after
legislation ended the NSW Aborigines Welfare Board's tenure,
there remains an over representation of Indigenous descended
children in the out-of-home care system.2
