National Apology to Stolen Generations

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered a formal apology to Australia's Indigenous people, particularly the Stolen Generations, on behalf of the Australian Parliament.

"We apologise for the laws and policies of successive Parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians.
We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country.
For the pain, suffering and hurt of these Stolen Generations, their descendants and for their families left behind, we say sorry.
To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry.
And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry."

by David McGinniss

NTSGAC

The Northern Territory Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation (NTSGAC) was established to provide support, services, information and advocacy for Stolen Generations and their families in the NT. It provides direct support for Stolen Generations and their families, inter-generational healing and identity strengthening activities, information about national issues for individuals, and monitors the implementation of the Bringing Them Home Report. NTSGAC is part of the National Link Up Network.

by David McGinniss

The Native Union (WA)

The Native Union was formed by Aboriginal activists in WA, led by William Harris. Its aim was “to secure equality for Aborigines in all spheres of West Australian cultural and social life”, through the establishment of cultural centres with educational facilities in metropolitan and country areas.

by David McGinniss

Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme

This redress scheme was established to provide financial and wellbeing packages for Stolen Generations survivors removed from their families in the Northern Territory, ACT, or Jervis Bay. Applications accepted any time between 1 March 2022 and 28 February 2026.

by David McGinniss

Colebrook Blackwood Reconciliation Park (SA)

Colebrook Home was a children's institution in South Australia for Aboriginal children. Colebrook Reconciliation Park, at one of the institution's former sites, is a memorial to the children and families who were separated through sending children to Colebrook Home. Two statues - “the Fountain of Tears” and the “Grieving Mother” - have been created and installed there.

by Chris Jones

Bringing Them Home Report

A critically important text that paved the way for recognition of the Stolen Generations - the thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children removed from their families over generations of colonisation in Australia. It was written by the Australian Human Rights Commission as the Final Report of the “National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families”, which was the culmination of many years of advocacy by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander activists and survivors.

by Chris Jones