Which act gave authorities the legal right to take Indigenous children?

The Aborigines Protection Act 1909

What happened to the boys at Kinchela Boys Home?

Banned from speaking their language, Given numbers instead of names, Forces to 'walk the line'

What was taught at Kinchela Boys Home?

How to operate heavy machinery and farm

What legal rights did the Aborigines Protection Act 1909 provide the government?

To provide custody, maintenance and education

During this time period who was removed from families?

Mixed race, full blooded indigenous & white children

Why were indigenous children removed?

White people feared aboriginal people disliked 'half castes', White people feared they would die out

What did the Child Welfare Act 1939 do for Indigenous people?

Provide parents the right to contest removal of children

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1
Period of the Stolen Generations
1905-1970
1930-1950
1805-1899
1900-1940
2
Which act gave authorities the legal right to take Indigenous children?
The Aborigines Protection Act 1909
The Aboriginals Protection Act 1909
The Aborigines Protection Act 1919
The Indigenous Protection Act 1809
3
What happened to the boys at Kinchela Boys Home?
Banned from speaking their language
Had onions dropped on their heads
Given numbers instead of names
Forces to 'walk the line'
4
What was taught at Kinchela Boys Home?
How to operate heavy machinery and farm
How to hunt and fish
How to read Shakespeare
How to weave baskets
5
What legal rights did the Aborigines Protection Act 1909 provide the government?
To kill and take indigenous children?
To provide welfare, support and education
To provide money, education and food
To provide custody, maintenance and education
6
During this time period who was removed from families?
Mixed race, full blooded indigenous & white children
Only mixed race children
Only full blooded indigenous children
Only white children
7
Why were indigenous children removed?
White people wanted their knowledge of the land
White people feared aboriginal people disliked 'half castes'
White people needed young workers for factories
White people feared they would die out
8
Which is the synonym for assimilation?
Nurtured
Destroyed
Absored
Traditional
9
What did the Child Welfare Act 1939 do for Indigenous people?
Provide parents the right to contest removal of children
Have adoptive parents require a police check
Stopped children being removed
Forced the gov't to put children in safe environments
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How many boys were in Kinchela Boys Home?
700
600
1000
800

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