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* Main effects of the British assimilating Indigenous children – The Policy, Alcoholism, The Stolen Generation and Rape
* The Assimilation Policy was absorbing Aboriginal people into white society
* Aboriginal children were placed in institutions – 'trained' to take place in white society
* Protection and Assimilation policies impacted harshly on Indigenous people
* Laws segregated Indigenous people to living in separate areas – reserves outside towns or remote areas
* Rabbit Proof Fence - Scene 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD4yu0cvi2o
* Aboriginal children were taken away from their families and taken to a church
* The church took care of the children, teaching them western manners, culture and give them a simple education
* If Aboriginal children were half caste (like their biological British father), they were treated differently
* Forcible assimilation into another culture leaves scars or a long-lasting negative impact
Consequences
- Many suffered through the assimilation policy.
- Endeavors had remained silent until the National Inquiry in 1995.
- Aboriginal culture and identity was undermined in Australian society.
= Aborigines had to forget their culture and become Australians.
- Children of mixed-blood were taken from their families under the name of the assimilation policy.
- Despair and isolation was the result of the Assimilation policy.
- Aboriginal children suffered sexual, physical and psychological abuse.
- Loss of identity caused many to despair.
=Victims of the stolen generation had higher rates of suicide and alcoholism because of the assimilation policy.