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The first fleet
The First Fleet of ships to carry convicts from England to Botany Bay. It arrived at Botany Bay on 18 January 1788. -
Victorian Board for the Protection of Aboriginals
The Victorian Board for the Protection of Aboriginals was created and the Governor can now take any aboriginal child to a reformatory or a school. The Protection Board can take children from their families to be kept in dormitories. -
Western Australia Aborigines act
The Western Australia Aboriginals Act had been legalised. Under the new law, the Chief Protector is the Parent/Guardian of every Aboriginal and ‘half-caste’ children under the age 16 years old. Other states put in similar laws -
Infants Wellfare act
The infant's welfare act was used to take indigenous children on Cape Barren Island from their parents -
Stolen generation stops
in 1969, all states stopped the stolen generation and in the upcoming years, Aboriginal and islander child agencies tried to keep removal or removal alternatives. -
Sorry day
Sorry day is a day dedicated to saying sorry to all the stolen aboriginals which people sign "sorry books" and writing messages -
Corroboree 2000 "Sorry" walk
Over 250,000 people walked in the Corroboree 2000 Sorry Walk across The sydney harbor bridge. Similar walks are done in the other states. -
Kevin Rudd's Apology to the stolen generation
On February 13th, 2008, Kevin Rudd apologised to all the indigenous australians and to the stolen generation.
