| Reference Type |
book
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| Title |
Between Two Worlds |
| Author(s) | Rowena MacDonald |
| Town |
Alice Springs |
| State |
NT |
| Country |
Australia |
| Publication Date |
00-00-1995 |
| Citation Date |
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| Comments |
This book was useful for me to get a better understanding of the Stolen Generation. I wanted to use the book to get a firm background so I could understand why Charles felt the way he did. The book describes how the policy within these institutions were very strict in trying to breed Aboriginals out of the population. Later in the book MacDonald describes the conditions within the institutions. She describes the conditions as very unlivable. She also scrutinizes the lack of education.
âChildren were far more likely to lose contact with their families, either as a matter of deliberate policy or because of official carelessness in recording family details. Self-identity suffered as children were taught that they were inferior.â (8) Numerous pictures of half-caste children.
âPowers exercised over Aboriginal people varied considerably, but commonly included an abuse of human rights.â (8)
âIf removed from the Aboriginal camps and raised away from other Aboriginal people, they could become whites.â (9) There are a selection of pages of scientific books from 1900-1930s. There is also an example of a 1920s newspaper article which summarizes popular white views about Aboriginals. In addition there are extracts from the Aboriginals Ordinance 1911.
âWe were taken away at nine years old and brainwashed towards living the white society instead of living the old Aborigine way. We were brought in to forget that sort of thing. George Bray
There are documents displayed about school inspection reports. There is a specific document about governmentâs policy on religious instruction at the Bungalow in 1934. (E.J.H) |
| Synopsis |
This book describes the Commonwealth government and its removal of Aboriginal Children. MacDonald describes the children who were sent to Commonwealth Institutions run by the government. The book has many real life documents and pictures which help show what happened to the children in the institutions. The book really goes into depth describing the moment the children leave their parents arms, to life after the institution. Also, there is a big description of of what life was like within the institution. There was a lack of time for the children to actually feel their age. One of the most powerful sections in the book is when some members of the Stolen Generation describe what is was like to come home. One of the last sections in the book has true stories. (E.J.H) |
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