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A rape of the soul so profound

by Peter Read

Government policyGovernment relationsRelocationFamily reunionsFamily policySocial conditionsChild welfareAboriginal Australians

The author coined the phrase "Stolen Generation" when, as a researcher, he came upon restricted files and what he read overturned his assumptions about the Aboriginal experience and Australia's past. This book ends 20 years later, in the aftermath of the Royal Commission into the events.

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Book data: Open Library