Read the passage from the apology to the Aborigines issued in 2008 by the Australian government.
“Let the parliament reflect for a moment on the following facts: that, between 1910 and 1970, between 10 and 30 per cent of Indigenous children were forcibly taken from their mothers and fathers; that, as a result, up to 50,000 children were forcibly taken from their families; that this was the product of the deliberate, calculated policies of the state. . . .”
—Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
In this passage, the Australian Prime Minister acknowledges the systematic and intentional removal of Indigenous children from their families between 1910 and 1970. He states that between 10 and 30 percent of these children were forcibly taken, resulting in up to 50,000 children being taken from their families. The Prime Minister identifies these actions as deliberate and calculated policies of the state.
Read the passage from the apology to the Aborigines issued in 2008 by the Australian government.
“Let the parliament reflect for a moment on the following facts: that, between 1910 and 1970, between 10 and 30 per cent of Indigenous children were forcibly taken from their mothers and fathers; that, as a result, up to 50,000 children were forcibly taken from their families; that this was the product of the deliberate, calculated policies of the state. . . .”
—Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
Which Australian policy is being described?
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the conquest of Australia by the first European colonists
the displacement of indigenous peoples by European settlers
the forced assimilation of Aborigines
the conversion of Aborigines by European missionaries
The forced assimilation of Aborigines is being described.
Which one is it?
the conquest of Australia by the first European colonists
the displacement of indigenous peoples by European settlers
the forced assimilation of Aborigines
the conversion of Aborigines by European missionaries