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Colorful circular artwork features intricate patterns, symbols, and bright orange borders. At the center, four stylized human figures form a cross, surrounded by abstract designs, animals, plants, and hands, set against a dark patterned background.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Bringing Them Home - interactive educational resource

Bringing them Home was the name given to the final report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families conducted by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (now called the Australian Human Rights Commission). The National...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

2007 Conference: Ten years later: Bringing them home and the Forced Removal of Children

Conference: Friday 28 September 2007 Ten years later: Bringing them home and the Forced Removal of Children In April 1997 the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission released Bringing them home. The report followed a two-year National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
Silhouette of an adult and a child facing each other at sunset by the water, with the adult raising a hand toward the child as they interact.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Bringing them home: anniversary

Bringing them home Learning about the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, launched the Australian Human Rights Commission's...
Aboriginal dot painting depicting a large central circle with radiating lines, U-shaped figures, and two footprints, all in white on a reddish-brown background.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Us Taken-Away Kids: the 10th anniversary of 'Bringing them Home report'.

Us Taken-Away Kids Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Bringing them home report Download PDF Contents Commissioner's Foreword Track the History Mother Journeys and Homecoming Reconciliation Index of Contributors Acknowledgments Copyright Disclaimer "As a child I had no mother’s arms to hold...