Between 1910 and 1970, the Australian government used legislation to work in conjunction with the catholic church, and other christian groups, to forcibly remove 10-30% of indegenous children, during that period, from the their families, placing them in church run missions. Almost every aboriginal family in Australia had at least one child stolen from them and put in a church run mission.
The aim was forced assimilation, and the fact that it carried on for so long is a terrible testament to "christian" values of church groups in Australia.
2007-04-17
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