Cultural Genocide & Stolen Generation
In the years after the invasion, the Australian Government attempted to eradicate Aboriginal People through cultural genocide. We were denied access to land, punished for practicing our language and culture Our children were stolen, white-washed and institutionalised.
The attempted eradication of Aboriginal people and our culture.
They were still taking children away in the 1960s.
Judy Norris from Wandella
Learn about Cultural Genocide and Stolen Generations
Aboriginal Elder describes Australia’s child abuse to United Nations
Article
Aboriginal elder BJ Cruse described the Australian government's child abuse and cultural genocide of children -- aimed at breaking Aboriginal children's spirit - during the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples....
ARTICLES 
Cultural Genocide
Cheryl Overton talks about cultural genocide, the impacts on culture and why it is still an issue today....
FILMS 
Dawn Collection
Dawn was a magazine for the NSW Aboriginal Protection Board issued monthly between 1952 to 1969 to the Aboriginal people of NSW....
COLLECTIONS 
Defining Moments – Yuin & National Timeline
Timeline of key national and Yuin historical moments....
TIMELINE 
Institutional Child Abuse
BJ Cruse talks about institutional child abuse and shares a personal story about his experience....
FILMS 
Mervyn Penrith
Biography
Mervyn Charles Penrith was a respected Yuin Elder, land rights and resistance fighter, educator and cultural leader whose life and work have...
CUSTODIANS 
New Dawn Collection
New Dawn was a magazine for the NSW Aboriginal Protection Board issued monthly between 1970 and 1975 to the Aboriginal people of...
COLLECTIONS 
Preventing Cultural Continuation
Patricia Ellis OAM talks about preventing cultural continuation. Patricia shares the heavy history of cultural genocide in Australia, and the long-term impacts it has....
FILMS 
Stolen Generation
Judy Norris talks about her experience as a member of the Stolen Generations. Judy shares her experience of being stolen and her return to family....
FILMS 
Stolen Generation
Cheryl Overton discusses the loss of culture, connection and the intergenerational trauma caused by the Stolen Generations....
FILMS 
Stolen Generation
Warren Foster talks about the Stolen Generations and shares the story of his father being taken....
FILMS Stolen Generation
Judy Norris talks about her experience as a member of the Stolen Generations. Judy shares her experience of being stolen and her return to family.
