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Aboriginals lived normally and how they did for 40,000 years
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Australia Day (Europeans arrive)
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Victorian Board for the protection of aboriginies is established.
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Stolen Generation Beginning & end
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Queensland's board starts to take children
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The Western Australian Aborigines Act is passed
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The South Australian Aborigines Act is passed.
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The NSW Aborigines Protection Board is given powers to remove Aboriginal children without a court hearing.
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Stolen generation end
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Going Home Conference in Darwin. Over 600 people removed as children come to share their experiences
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Bringing Them Home Report. is published
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Sorry Books campaign begins
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Federal Parliament issues a statement of deep and sincere regret over the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families.
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Australia appears before the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The Committee criticises the Commonwealth Government's inadequate response to recommendations of the Bringing Them Home Report:
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Pope John Paul II issues a formal apology on behalf of the Vatican to the affected Aboriginal families for the actions of any and all Catholic authorities or organisations in connection with the Stolen Generations.
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The Public Interest Advocacy Centre releases Restoring Identity.
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The Australian Federal Parliament apologises to the Stolen Generations
