In this story, there are children, a mother, a family, a father, and Constable Riggs. First of all, between the children, there is a cousin, Daisy, and two sister, Gracie and Molly. They are all half-caste girls. In this passage, all three of them are helpless. Although they are scared, desperate and resignated, they lie to protect their cousin Daisy. Then, we can notice that the mother cries a lot. She's staying home because she is frustrated. She even is beggin her husband to influence him to go talk to the authorities because her husband is a white man. As he's white and she's black, she believes he's got more power than her. After that, the family is really anxious because they know what's going to happen. They refuse to face the man who's taking the children, so they refuse to face reality. They have to obey to the man, and that's one of the reasons they wail a lot. The other reason is the separation. The grandfather nods because he is a defeatist, and he knows whiter people have more power. He's afraid of retaliation. Then, the father is in the story. He is white and when his children, Gracie and Molly get taken away, he doesn't do anything because he knows nothing can be done and if he interfere the capture of the kids, he will be in trouble. He may be afraid of repercussions. He's open-minded and is not a racist because he married a black coloured woman, but he is probably rejected by the arborigenies. To finish, Constable Riggs is one of the characters. He's the protector of the government. He's authoritative and take away the half-caste children away. It seems that he is heartless, it's as if everything washes over him, untouchable, determined and official. He's also very selfish. Maybe he's hiding his fellings and emotions because he's used to his job.
The story takes place in 1931. At this time, the authorities were able to take the half-caste children away from their families because a law was voted since 1869 in Victoria. This law began national in 1905. Since 1911, the chief protector was able to take the half-caste children from their families. But nowadays, the removal law have been abolished.
Beteween 1910 and 1970, 100 000 children were taken away from their family with the only motive that they were aboriginals. They are now known as the Stolen Generation. But today, the stolen generation is not only a group of people. In fact, this phrase designates a horrible english pratice when the colonists arrived in Australia. It was not enough to rob their land, they had to kidnap their children! The official motive was to educate them with in proper schools in the interests of the aborigines themselves. Thus, in 1905, the Aborigines Act passed and the chief protector is made the legal guardian of these children. This date marked the beggining of a nightmare for the aborigenal families. They lived in fear and anxiety and always kept an eye on their children because they all knew that one day, the chief protector would come to take them away.
Nowadays, the law have been abolished but the memories endure. How can these chidren and parents forget this long and painful seperation? The government offered national apologies to the aborigines, singers (like Peter Garrett) are trying to convince the government to "pay the rent", internet websites are created to help the aborigenal children to find their biological parents... All these personns are trying to repair what is irreparable.
This special story took place in Australia, in 1931. A law which allowed the authorities to take the half-caste children away from their families became national in 1905.This law is called "The Aborigenes Act" : the Chief Protector became the legal guardian of every Aboriginal and mixed children under 16 years old. In this scene, two sisters Gracy and Molly and their cousin Daisy are going to be taken away from their families by the authorities. They keep their dignity and are ready to lie to protect their cousin. As they are afraid, they don't resist when Constable Riggs forces them to go away. This man is a protector of the government and is really authoritative. His job is to take the half-caste children away from their families and to send them in camps or special schools. That's why we can affirm he's heartless, untouchable and very selfish. But maybe, he's hiding his real feelings... All the family is anxious because they know what's going to happen to the children. They refuse to face the man but are forced to obey. The mother is really angry, she's staying home because she is frustrated and pleases her husband to talk to the authorities because she believes he's got a lot of power thanks to his skin colour. But the father doesn't react because he pretends there is nothing to do anf if he tries to interefere, he will be in trouble and will be send to jail. We are sure that this man is not racist because he married a coloured woman and that's why we can imagine he's rejected by the Aborigenals and doesn't have the courage to fight them and to negociate with them. The grand-father agrees with the father and has the same reaction because he's afraid of retaliation and knows that white people has more power. This scene is a real example of what happened to the Stolen Generation, the pain and the suffering they felt in the beggining of the 20th century.
Between 1869 and 1969, the Governor of the country could order the removal of every aboriginal children from their family to school. In 1897, a law was passed and gave the power to Chief Protector to remove Aboriginal in camps, and in 1905 the Director of Native Welfare was the legal guardian of every aboriginal children under 16 years old. In the 1930s, some white Australian, led by Mr Neville, wanted to assimilate Aborigines to white Australian, because they had less chances then the others Australian. What's more they wanted the children to have a white education. Thus they decided to make mixed couples and then they took their “half-caste” children. Between 1910 and 1970, 100,00 Aboriginal children were taken from their families by the State, in Australia, to be put in camps and receive a Christian education. The aim, at first, was good. But as these children were, most of the time, took when they were less than 5 years old, they did not always remember where they came from. Today, some have discovered that they were part of the Stolen Generation, and it has been a shock for them, as they did not look like their ancestors when they were the 3rd or the 4th generation. What's more, there is a social segregation between Aborigines and white Australian, so since their childhood, they were only with white Australian and could not imagine who were their ancestors. But in 1969, the government stopped to take these children, as all states decided to repeal the legislation allowing them to take aboriginal children from their family. In 2008, there was a national apology to the Stolen Generation. In 2009, the Australian Government refused to give a compensation to the victims of the Stolen Generation. I think they should give them this compensation, even if it will not change their past. Because nowadays, Aborigines are poor and live in appealing conditions so they need help. Even if they only represent 3% of the population. I also think that the Government should promote aboriginal art, for example in museums, because most of the time they are dead when someone buy the things they made. So they also should accept their way of life, their culture, in order to make equality between Australians, and thus to give them the same chances.
Between 1910 and 1970, about one thousand aboriginal children were taken forcibly from their family. Most of them were under five years old. Those children are now known as the « Stolen Generation ». The aboriginal children were put into schools or churches, and white parents adopted some of them. The living conditions in the churches and the schools were hard, and many of those children suffered from physical and sexual abuse. They were put miles away from their country, and the aboriginal parents were not told where their children were, so they could not trace them. Every link between the children and their family disappeared. The main aim of the government by doing such things was to inculcate them white European values and culture and to “naturalize” them into European society, in order to destroy their Aboriginality. The separation between the parents and their children had many consequences on them when they became adults. Indeed, many suffered from depression, suicide, delinquency etc. Others missed a parent model, so they had difficulties in bringing up their own children. But this genocide had also consequences on all the Aboriginal community for they were persecuted and victims of racial discrimination. Today, the government has apologised to the Stolen Generation, and is thinking about measures he could take to repair its mistakes and make the life of the Aborigenes easier.
This story takes place in 1931, when the authorities could order the removal of any child from their families to a reformatory or industrial school. Indeed since 1869 a law (which began national in 1905) was enacted in Victoria (Australia). In this excerpt, two sisters Molly and Gracie plus their cousin named Daisy are going to be taken away from their families by the authorities. Constable Riggs is the man in charge of doing this job. He is an authoritative government protector who seems untouchable. Indeed, he doesn’t feel concern about the desperate of the family, and it’s as if everything washes over him. Thus, we can believe that he’s heartless, selfish and used to this work. But perhaps, he’s hiding his real feelings. Despite its pain and anxiety, the family has to obey the man, fearing retaliation. Even the grandfather agrees with him, because he knows that whiter people have more power. He is kind of defeatist; unlike the half-caste girls. Indeed, they still hold some hope to go back to their family one day. Scared Molly and Gracie keep their dignity and don’t try to resist when Riggs asked them to go away. Daisy is missing. Very frustrated, the mother is staying home, crying her daughters painfully. She begs her husband to talk to the authorities because she believes that he’s got a lot of power because of his skin color. Indeed, the father is white but doesn’t want to react at all. Because he would be in trouble or send to jail, he refuses to interfere. Maybe in awe of repercussions, he could be seen as a coward...
In this story, there are children, a mother, a family, a father, and Constable Riggs. First of all, between the children, there is a cousin, Daisy, and two sister, Gracie and Molly. They are all half-caste girls. In this passage, all three of them are helpless. Although they are scared, desperate and resignated, they lie to protect their cousin Daisy. Then, we can notice that the mother cries a lot. She's staying home because she is frustrated. She even is beggin her husband to influence him to go talk to the authorities because her husband is a white man. As he's white and she's black, she believes he's got more power than her. After that, the family is really anxious because they know what's going to happen. They refuse to face the man who's taking the children, so they refuse to face reality. They have to obey to the man, and that's one of the reasons they wail a lot. The other reason is the separation. The grandfather nods because he is a defeatist, and he knows whiter people have more power. He's afraid of retaliation. Then, the father is in the story. He is white and when his children, Gracie and Molly get taken away, he doesn't do anything because he knows nothing can be done and if he interfere the capture of the kids, he will be in trouble. He may be afraid of repercussions. He's open-minded and is not a racist because he married a black coloured woman, but he is probably rejected by the arborigenies. To finish, Constable Riggs is one of the characters. He's the protector of the government. He's authoritative and take away the half-caste children away. It seems that he is heartless, it's as if everything washes over him, untouchable, determined and official. He's also very selfish. Maybe he's hiding his fellings and emotions because he's used to his job.
RépondreSupprimerThe story takes place in 1931. At this time, the authorities were able to take the half-caste children away from their families because a law was voted since 1869 in Victoria. This law began national in 1905. Since 1911, the chief protector was able to take the half-caste children from their families. But nowadays, the removal law have been abolished.
Beteween 1910 and 1970, 100 000 children were taken away from their family with the only motive that they were aboriginals. They are now known as the Stolen Generation. But today, the stolen generation is not only a group of people. In fact, this phrase designates a horrible english pratice when the colonists arrived in Australia. It was not enough to rob their land, they had to kidnap their children! The official motive was to educate them with in proper schools in the interests of the aborigines themselves. Thus, in 1905, the Aborigines Act passed and the chief protector is made the legal guardian of these children. This date marked the beggining of a nightmare for the aborigenal families. They lived in fear and anxiety and always kept an eye on their children because they all knew that one day, the chief protector would come to take them away.
RépondreSupprimerNowadays, the law have been abolished but the memories endure. How can these chidren and parents forget this long and painful seperation? The government offered national apologies to the aborigines, singers (like Peter Garrett) are trying to convince the government to "pay the rent", internet websites are created to help the aborigenal children to find their biological parents...
All these personns are trying to repair what is irreparable.
This special story took place in Australia, in 1931. A law which allowed the authorities to take the half-caste children away from their families became national in 1905.This law is called "The Aborigenes Act" : the Chief Protector became the legal guardian of every Aboriginal and mixed children under 16 years old.
RépondreSupprimerIn this scene, two sisters Gracy and Molly and their cousin Daisy are going to be taken away from their families by the authorities. They keep their dignity and are ready to lie to protect their cousin. As they are afraid, they don't resist when Constable Riggs forces them to go away. This man is a protector of the government and is really authoritative. His job is to take the half-caste children away from their families and to send them in camps or special schools. That's why we can affirm he's heartless, untouchable and very selfish. But maybe, he's hiding his real feelings...
All the family is anxious because they know what's going to happen to the children. They refuse to face the man but are forced to obey.
The mother is really angry, she's staying home because she is frustrated and pleases her husband to talk to the authorities because she believes he's got a lot of power thanks to his skin colour. But the father doesn't react because he pretends there is nothing to do anf if he tries to interefere, he will be in trouble and will be send to jail. We are sure that this man is not racist because he married a coloured woman and that's why we can imagine he's rejected by the Aborigenals and doesn't have the courage to fight them and to negociate with them. The grand-father agrees with the father and has the same reaction because he's afraid of retaliation and knows that white people has more power.
This scene is a real example of what happened to the Stolen Generation, the pain and the suffering they felt in the beggining of the 20th century.
Pauline BATUT
The stolen generation
RépondreSupprimerBetween 1869 and 1969, the Governor of the country could order the removal of every aboriginal children from their family to school. In 1897, a law was passed and gave the power to Chief Protector to remove Aboriginal in camps, and in 1905 the Director of Native Welfare was the legal guardian of every aboriginal children under 16 years old. In the 1930s, some white Australian, led by Mr Neville, wanted to assimilate Aborigines to white Australian, because they had less chances then the others Australian. What's more they wanted the children to have a white education. Thus they decided to make mixed couples and then they took their “half-caste” children. Between 1910 and 1970, 100,00 Aboriginal children were taken from their families by the State, in Australia, to be put in camps and receive a Christian education. The aim, at first, was good. But as these children were, most of the time, took when they were less than 5 years old, they did not always remember where they came from. Today, some have discovered that they were part of the Stolen Generation, and it has been a shock for them, as they did not look like their ancestors when they were the 3rd or the 4th generation. What's more, there is a social segregation between Aborigines and white Australian, so since their childhood, they were only with white Australian and could not imagine who were their ancestors. But in 1969, the government stopped to take these children, as all states decided to repeal the legislation allowing them to take aboriginal children from their family. In 2008, there was a national apology to the Stolen Generation. In 2009, the Australian Government refused to give a compensation to the victims of the Stolen Generation. I think they should give them this compensation, even if it will not change their past. Because nowadays, Aborigines are poor and live in appealing conditions so they need help. Even if they only represent 3% of the population. I also think that the Government should promote aboriginal art, for example in museums, because most of the time they are dead when someone buy the things they made. So they also should accept their way of life, their culture, in order to make equality between Australians, and thus to give them the same chances.
Florence GUTEKUNST 1e S2
The stolen generation
RépondreSupprimerBetween 1910 and 1970, about one thousand aboriginal children were taken forcibly from their family. Most of them were under five years old. Those children are now known as the « Stolen Generation ».
The aboriginal children were put into schools or churches, and white parents adopted some of them. The living conditions in the churches and the schools were hard, and many of those children suffered from physical and sexual abuse. They were put miles away from their country, and the aboriginal parents were not told where their children were, so they could not trace them. Every link between the children and their family disappeared.
The main aim of the government by doing such things was to inculcate them white European values and culture and to “naturalize” them into European society, in order to destroy their Aboriginality.
The separation between the parents and their children had many consequences on them when they became adults. Indeed, many suffered from depression, suicide, delinquency etc. Others missed a parent model, so they had difficulties in bringing up their own children. But this genocide had also consequences on all the Aboriginal community for they were persecuted and victims of racial discrimination.
Today, the government has apologised to the Stolen Generation, and is thinking about measures he could take to repair its mistakes and make the life of the Aborigenes easier.
This story takes place in 1931, when the authorities could order the removal of any child from their families to a reformatory or industrial school. Indeed since 1869 a law (which began national in 1905) was enacted in Victoria (Australia).
RépondreSupprimerIn this excerpt, two sisters Molly and Gracie plus their cousin named Daisy are going to be taken away from their families by the authorities. Constable Riggs is the man in charge of doing this job. He is an authoritative government protector who seems untouchable. Indeed, he doesn’t feel concern about the desperate of the family, and it’s as if everything washes over him. Thus, we can believe that he’s heartless, selfish and used to this work. But perhaps, he’s hiding his real feelings.
Despite its pain and anxiety, the family has to obey the man, fearing retaliation. Even the grandfather agrees with him, because he knows that whiter people have more power. He is kind of defeatist; unlike the half-caste girls. Indeed, they still hold some hope to go back to their family one day. Scared Molly and Gracie keep their dignity and don’t try to resist when Riggs asked them to go away. Daisy is missing.
Very frustrated, the mother is staying home, crying her daughters painfully. She begs her husband to talk to the authorities because she believes that he’s got a lot of power because of his skin color. Indeed, the father is white but doesn’t want to react at all. Because he would be in trouble or send to jail, he refuses to interfere. Maybe in awe of repercussions, he could be seen as a coward...
(Nowadays, the removal law has been abolished.)
Sabine NGUYEN 1S2