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Definition of stolen children in English: stolen childrenplural noun Australian Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families between the 1900s and the 1960s, to be brought up by white foster families or in institutions; the stolen generation. a woman who finds she is descended from stolen children Example sentencesExamples - It's not the numbers of stolen children which matters most in the debate over an apology, it's about what apologising or not apologising says about who we are.
- She talks about stolen children and families torn apart by bureaucracy and arrogant politicians who wouldn't listen or understand.
- Many stolen children had difficulty reconnecting with their family members, their heritage, or their oral histories later in life.
- Poor record keeping makes it impossible to know the exact numbers of stolen children.
- Manne devotes considerable space to "lost generations" and stolen children.
- It makes the whole thing about stolen children not just about Aboriginal people but sort of like a dark undercurrent of our society.
- Here is a story that should have resonances for Australians, both through tales of convict ancestry and also through past treatment of indigenous people, particularly stolen children.
- We should seek to negotiate the issue of the Stolen Children and end the practice of seeking to justify unjustifiable policies through the courts.
- The stolen children are a powerful Australian symbol of tragic suffering, courageous survival and compassionate spirit.
- Unlike the stolen children, this crime is being recorded and analysed almost as it happens.
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