What is the `Stolen Generation`? How did this occur and what have been the long term effects?

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Over the years , human rights laws and legislations have emphasized the need to protect children from various abuses by ensuring that they are adequately brought up and educated as a major requirement for their future independent and development oriented life . However , children in Australia were denied their basic rights to grow up in their respective families thereby compromising their overall identity , intellectual and cultural development (Ted 2003 . Stolen generation is a term that is used to describe the children that were

taken away from their families for a period of about 100 years dating back from 1869 to 1969 in Australia (Carter 2006 . During this period , the church missions and the state government took away the children of Australian Aboriginal origin as well as the Torres Strait Islander from their parents and their families . It is estimated that about 100 ,000 children were 'stolen ' from their families (Damien 2008 . However , this figure is estimated to have been much higher as it was influenced poor record keeping and loss of data with time

This essay discusses the 'stolen generation ' from the period of occurrence to the present moments with a view of determining the major impacts to the society . Besides , the essay looks at the practice related regulations that were present during the period as well as the major operation with statistics to assess the extent to which the operation reached in Australia . Finally , the essay draws conclusions with major recommendations on the 'stolen...