Stolen Generation Source Questions

Source 2: True or False: The Aboriginal Protection Board believed that Aboriginal reserves were ideal places to bring up young children.

• False
• True

Source 2: True or False: The Aboriginal Protection Board argued that some Aboriginal children were almost indistinguishable from European children.

• False
• True

Source 2: According to the Aboriginal Protection Board in 1910, what was considered "necessary" for Aboriginal children to become decent members of society?

• Learning their cultural traditions

• Learning cleanliness, obedience, and morality

• Attaining higher education

• Acquiring independence from their families

Source 3: True or False: The policy of assimilation expected Aboriginal Australians to maintain their own customs and traditions while integrating into Australian society.

• True

• False

Source 3: What did the policy of assimilation in 1961 expect of Aboriginal and part-Aboriginal people?

• To maintain their cultural customs

• To live separately from the rest of Australian society

• To enjoy "the same rights and privileges as other Australians"

• To return to their reserves permanently

Source 3: Compare the souce with the table which summarises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's rights in the 1950s-1960s. How can this source be considered biased?

Source 4: True or False: According to the Aboriginal Protection Board, "neglect" was the most common reason given for removing children from their families between 1907 and 1932.

• True

• False

Source 4: Which of the following was not a common reason given by the Aborigines Protection Board for the removal of children between 1907 and 1932?

• Neglect

• Mental problems of the parent

• Health problems or disability of the child

• Child was too old to remain on the reserve

Background question: Under the policy of protection, state protectors had the legal responsibility to care for children and all Indigenous people in their states. Why is it then strange that one of the reasons for removal of children was "neglect?"

Source 5: This source suggests that Indigenous lifestyles were unfairly targeted by child welfare legislation.

• True

• False