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WorksheetsThe Aboriginals and the Stolen Generation
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is The Stolen Generation?
All aboriginal people were taken away from their land
Indigenous children were taken away from their families
British people took the aboriginal peoples land
The indigenous Australians invaded the US
When did The Stolen Generation occur?
1900-1970's
1910-1970's
1800-1900's
1810-1950's
Who removed the children from their families during The Stolen Generation?
governments
the british people
leaders
churches
When did Kevin Rudd give his apology speech to the Stolen Generation?
13th of January 2008
14th of May 2009
13th of February 2008
16th of April 2006
After the Stolen Generation, what affected the victims?
Trauma
Depression
Happiness
Low self-esteem
What do Aboriginal people value?
Culture
family
the sun
water
What is the policy of assimilation?
Joining the Aboriginal and the non Aboriginal Australians
Removing people from their families
Children with Aboriginal and white parentage, who were termed "half-caste", should be taken into white society.
Understanding the culture of the Aboriginal
What were the stolen children taught?
Whites taught them about the aboriginal culture
To reject their Indigenous heritage
The way of life
English, maths, humanities, science etc..
A word for an Aboriginal with a white and black parent.
(a)
What did Kevin Rudd acknowledge in his apology speech?
he apologized for the british colonies taking the indigenous australians land
he just said 'sorry'
the trauma and grief suffered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as a result of past government policies, particularly the removal of children from their families.
What was the motivation from the government to remove Aboriginal children from their families?
the government hated aboriginal people
White superiority
For the aboriginal children to forget their aboriginal culture
they just wanted to remove the children (no motivation)
What was the name of the Aboriginal settlement in the movie The Rabbit Proof Fence?
Jigalong
Moore River
Hometown
What three things did the Aboriginal people need to ask Mr. Neville's permission to do?
get bread, books and travel
visit their children, get shooes and if they could marry.
to move their settlement, hunt for food and have a camp fire
What were some of the rules the children had to follow at Moore River settlement?
eat in silence and eat all the food they got
make their bed every day
speak only English
play with the other kids
Europeans looked at the Aboriginals as primitive and inferior to the white race. What does the word inferior mean?
that someone is lower in rank, status or quality
that someone is happy to se you
that someone is higher in rank
that someone is a negative person
Another word for native
(a)
Another word for a lifestyle of moving from place to place according to the seasons or resources availabe.
(a)
The Aboriginal Children had a name, but what did the states in Australia give them instead?
An English name
a number
What are the three girls in The Rabbit Proof Fence called?
Daisy, Mavis and Moodo
Molly, Daisy and Riggs
Molly, Daisy and Gracie
Gracie, Daiys and Riggs
