"d'ye know only 100 yrs ago white Aussies were shooting First Nations people on sight. they were treated as slaves, herded off their land into 'missionaries" and given grog, flour, sugar and tea, smallpox syphilis diabetes (from the sugar) alcohol dependency, tooth decay etc etc. and having the women and children stolen from their homes, family and lands."
one of my first patients was a woman with a facial deformity...a most severe depressed skull #...about 50 years old
told me the story...she was the product of a white guy and a black woman...when born and not full blood her dad took her from her mom...smashed her head in with a rock and threw her on a rubbish heap for the dogs
Her gma saved her
She told me that many many of the people she knew who were not in the blacks care as they grew were for the most part "rescued not stolen - her words
Many many attempts to document the "stolen" nature of the age have been made and none have stood up to legal scrutiny. Of course, the word of mouth rendition does paint a picture that seeks to tell a different story...now...who will even know the entire story
Inded from memory the term "stolen generation" only came to be in the 70s and from a white guy.
What I do know is many of the communities are the most toxic on earth and need to be closed. You cant chose to live in the middle of nowhere and expect the same health education and employment opps that urban folks have.
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