Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families are the Indigenous Australian kinship groups whose children, culture, and community structures were profoundly disrupted and harmed by the Stolen Generations policies.

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instanceOf Indigenous Australian social group
family unit
affectedBy Australian child removal policies
Stolen Generations NERFINISHED
assimilation policies in Australia
experienced cultural dislocation
disruption of kinship systems
family separation
forced child removal
intergenerational trauma
loss of language
hasChallenge ongoing impacts of colonisation
over-representation in child protection systems
socioeconomic disadvantage
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial practices
connection to Country
maintenance of language
oral storytelling traditions
hasCulturalValue collective child-rearing
intergenerational knowledge transfer
obligations to kin
respect for Elders
hasDemographicCharacteristic high proportion of young people
higher rates of out-of-home care involvement than non-Indigenous families in Australia
hasEthnicGroup Aboriginal Australians NERFINISHED
Torres Strait Islander peoples NERFINISHED
hasKeyRole care of children within kinship networks
preservation of Indigenous Australian cultures
transmission of traditional knowledge
hasStrength community solidarity
resilience
strong cultural identity
strong extended family networks
hasSupportFrom Aboriginal community-controlled organisations
Indigenous legal and advocacy services
healing and trauma services
locatedIn Australia
partOf Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities NERFINISHED
protectedBy Convention on the Rights of the Child NERFINISHED
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples NERFINISHED
relatedTo Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kinship systems
Indigenous child placement principle
truth-telling and reconciliation processes in Australia
subjectOf Bringing Them Home report NERFINISHED
usesKinshipSystem Indigenous Australian kinship NERFINISHED

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Stolen Generations policies affectedGroup Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families