Across
- 2. One area where Indigenous Australians faced discrimination, alongside education and employment.
- 4. The prejudice Indigenous Australians faced in education, employment, and civil rights.
- 13. What Indigenous Australians were often denied, including the right to vote.
- 14. The aspects of life including language and traditions that were stripped from Indigenous children.
- 16. The British concept that justified their claim to Australia as uninhabited land.
- 18. The 1997 government report about the Stolen Generations.
- 20. The act of taking land from Indigenous Australians after European settlement.
- 21. The body responsible for the policies that led to the Stolen Generations and other discriminatory practices.
- 23. The formal acknowledgment of the history, culture, and rights of Indigenous Australians, a key aspect of reconciliation.
- 24. The year 1901 when Australian colonies formed the Commonwealth of Australia.
- 25. The term referring to the generation of Indigenous children taken from their families.
- 26. Where many Indigenous children were placed during the Stolen Generations.
- 28. The concept of Indigenous Australians being able to control their own future and decisions.
Down
- 1. Violent events where European settlers killed large numbers of Indigenous people.
- 3. The policy aimed at integrating Indigenous people into European society by removing children.
- 5. The traditions, beliefs, and practices that were harmed by the removal of Indigenous children.
- 6. The ongoing effort to heal relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
- 7. The people who lived in Australia for over 65,000 years before British settlement.
- 8. The process by which Britain established control over Australia starting in 1788.
- 9. What many Indigenous children were forbidden to speak during the Stolen Generations.
- 10. The practice of keeping Indigenous Australians separate from mainstream society.
- 11. A term used for Indigenous people who endured the forced removal of children.
- 12. Areas where Indigenous Australians were forced to live during the 19th and 20th centuries.
- 15. A common living arrangement for children taken from their families during the Stolen Generations.
- 17. Payments given to the descendants of those affected by the Stolen Generations.
- 19. The 2008 expression of regret by the Australian government regarding the Stolen Generations.
- 22. A formal agreement that Indigenous leaders in Australia are pushing for today.
- 27. What was lost for many Indigenous children taken from their families.
- 29. Rights Legal recognition of Indigenous ownership of traditional lands, affirmed in the 1992 Mabo decision.
- 30. The landmark 1992 court case that recognized Indigenous land rights.