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Stolen Motherhood - Aboriginal Mothers and Child Removal in the Stolen Generations Era (Hardcover)
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Stolen Motherhood - Aboriginal Mothers and Child Removal in the Stolen Generations Era (Hardcover)
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The removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from
their families gained national attention in Australia following the
Bringing Them Home Report in 1997. However, the voices of
Indigenous parents were largely missing from the Report. The
Inquiry attributed their lack of testimony to the impact of trauma
and the silencing impact of parents' overwhelming sense of guilt
and despair; a submission by Link-Up NSW commented on Aboriginal
mothers being "unwilling and unable to speak about the immense
pain, grief and anguish that losing their children had caused
them." This book explores what happened to Aboriginal mothers who
had children removed and why they have overwhelmingly remained
silent about their experiences. Identifying the structural barriers
to Aboriginal mothering in the Stolen Generations era, the author
examines how contemporary laws, policies and practices increased
the likelihood of Aboriginal child removal and argues that negative
perceptions of Aboriginal mothering underpinned removal processes,
with tragic consequences. This book makes an important contribution
to understanding the history of the Stolen Generations and
highlights the importance of designing inclusive truth-telling
processes that enable a diversity of perspectives to be shared.
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