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Bringing Them Home: The 'Stolen Children' report (1997)

Read the Bringing Them Home report (1997), the landmark national inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PeoplesEducation Report April, 1997

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Background

The 700-page report of the 'Stolen Children' National Inquiry, Bringing them Home, was tabled in Federal Parliament on 26 May 1997.

Bringing Them Home: The 'Stolen Children' report (1997)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Education
Report

Background

The 700-page report of the 'Stolen Children' National Inquiry, Bringing them Home , was tabled in Federal Parliament on 26 May 1997.

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