A rape of the soul so profound : the return of the stolen generations
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A rape of the soul so profound : the return of the stolen generations
Allen & Unwin, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-215) and index
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Description
A Rape of the Soul So Profound began when a young researcher accidentally came upon restricted files in an archives collection. What he read overturned all his assumptions about an important part of Aboriginal experience and Australia's past. The book ends in the present, 20 years later, in the aftermath of the Royal Commission on the Stolen Generations. Along the way Peter Read investigates how good intentions masked policies with inhuman results. He tells the poignant stories of many individuals, some of whom were forever broken and some who went on to achieve great things. This is a book about much sorrow and occasional madness, about governments who pretended things didn't happen, and about the opportunities offered to right a great wrong.
Table of Contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefacePrologue: The Stolen Generations: Who are we ?1.The oral evidence2.The written evidence3.The Stolen Generations4.'Like being born all over again': the establishment of Link-Up6.At the edge of the firelight: coming home, partly7.Calling in the accounts8.Sorry business9.In the courts: 'In the middle of the ocean, drowning'BibliographyEndnotesIndex
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