A rape of the soul so profound
Subtitle: the return of the stolen generations
By: Peter Read.
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 1999
Place of publication: St. Leonards, NSW
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians -- Government relations.; Family policy -- Australia.; Family reunions -- Government policy -- Australia.; Child welfare -- Australia.; Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.; Aboriginal Australians -- Relocation.
Description: The author coined the phrase "Stolen Generation" when, as a researcher, he came upon restricted files and what he read overturned his assumptions about the Aboriginal experience and Australia's past. This book ends 20 years later, in the aftermath of the Royal Commission into the events.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-215) and index.