Aborigines:
Lost childhood of the 'stolen generation'
Abstract: BBC NewsThe historic legal battle brought by Lorna Cubillo and Peter Gunner is the latest twist in a murky episode of Australian history which began at the turn of the century and lasted until the 1970s.
Some 30,000 children became victims of a government policy which Australian authorities since have been quick to condemn, but reluctant to compensate.
Their assimilation into white institutions such as church missions has been described as a "form of genocide".
Lost childhood of the 'stolen generation'
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