AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES YOUTH JUSTICE CONFERENCING

13. For the next 100 years Aboriginal people attempted to defend their land against the Europeans. Thousands of Aboriginal people were killed by the European guns and diseases. From 1860 all states began introducing legislation creating �Boards� or �Protectors� to control Aboriginal people. These Boards or Protectors were made legal guardians of all Aboriginal children whether their parents were alive or not. The beginning of forced removal of children. 1883 � Segregation is a key part of Aboriginal Protection Policy 1890 - The government excludes �half castes� from their definition of an Aboriginal person. Families are forced to split up. For the next 100 years Aboriginal people attempted to defend their land against the Europeans. Thousands of Aboriginal people were killed by the European guns and diseases. From 1860 all states began introducing legislation creating �Boards� or �Protectors� to control Aboriginal people. These Boards or Protectors were made legal guardians of all Aboriginal children whether their parents were alive or not. The beginning of forced removal of children. 1883 � Segregation is a key part of Aboriginal Protection Policy 1890 - The government excludes �half castes� from their definition of an Aboriginal person. Families are forced to split up.

14. 1901 � The Six Australian colonies became a Federation. The Constitution states �in reckoning the numbers of people�Aboriginal people shall not be counted� 1901 � The Six Australian colonies became a Federation. The Constitution states �in reckoning the numbers of people�Aboriginal people shall not be counted�

15. 1935- First State and Commonwealth conference is held. Assimilation for some Aboriginals is adopted as official policy. Part Aboriginals are to be assimilated into white society whether they want to or not. The rest are to be kept on reserves. 1965 � Integration Policy is introduced, meaning Aboriginal People are supposed to have more control over their lives and society 1969 � Aboriginal Welfare Board is abolished in NSW 1972 � The Policy to exclude Aboriginal children from attending school is removed from the Dept. Education1935- First State and Commonwealth conference is held. Assimilation for some Aboriginals is adopted as official policy. Part Aboriginals are to be assimilated into white society whether they want to or not. The rest are to be kept on reserves. 1965 � Integration Policy is introduced, meaning Aboriginal People are supposed to have more control over their lives and society 1969 � Aboriginal Welfare Board is abolished in NSW 1972 � The Policy to exclude Aboriginal children from attending school is removed from the Dept. Education

20. 1991 � The Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody presents it report to the government. It finds that of the 99 deaths it investigated, 43 were of people who were forcibly removed from their families as children 1997 � HREOC present �Bringing them home�, its report on the findings of the National Inquiry into the forced separation of Indigenous children from their families. 2000 � The peoples �Walk for Reconciliation� occurrs in all capital cities in Australia on May 28. Australia appears before the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The committee criticises the governments inadequate response to recommendations from �Bringing them Home�. 1991 � The Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody presents it report to the government. It finds that of the 99 deaths it investigated, 43 were of people who were forcibly removed from their families as children 1997 � HREOC present �Bringing them home�, its report on the findings of the National Inquiry into the forced separation of Indigenous children from their families. 2000 � The peoples �Walk for Reconciliation� occurrs in all capital cities in Australia on May 28. Australia appears before the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The committee criticises the governments inadequate response to recommendations from �Bringing them Home�.

23. Stories about Aboriginal family experience or elders attend conferencesStories about Aboriginal family experience or elders attend conferences