Broken Links: the Stolen Generations in Queensland
This exhibition was displayed in the Philip Bacon Heritage Gallery, level 4, State Library of Queensland between 30 April - 16 September 2007. The following is an excerpt from this exhibition.
Mapoon boys, church parade, c.1900
R 216/189b,
John Oxley Library
State Library of Queensland
Broken Links: the Stolen Generations in Queensland marked the passing of a decade since the publication of Bringing them home, the report of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s National Inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families.
- View a history of the Queensland Government’s policies and laws that had a profound and devastating impact on the lives of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders.
- View and listen to five personal stories of Aboriginal people who were removed from their families between 1930 and 1973.
- Download the exhibition brochure [new window
1.3MB] - Download notes for teachers [new window 314KB]
- View the Broken Links travelling exhibition tour dates
* Although care has been taken to obtain permission for inclusion of text and images in the exhibition, some material may be sensitive for particular individuals and communities.
Other information
- Find out more about the Bringing them home report [new window http://www.hreoc.gov.au/bth/index.html].
- View publications on the history of the Stolen Generations and government polices relating to Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders in Queensland
- Contacts for reconciliation and cultural exchange
- How to trace your Indigenous family history
Acknowledgements
Curator: Doreen Mellor, National Library of Australia
Research Curator: Alison Wishart, State Library of Queensland
Archival Research: Margaret Reid and staff at Community and Personal Histories, Department of Communities
This exhibition was developed in consultation with an Indigenous Reference Group, whose members generously contributed their time and insights to the process of imagining the exhibition into being. Acknowledgment is also given to many Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders who contributed their ideas and advice, and to communities who kindly assisted the State Library of Queensland to select images used in the exhibition.
More information
- Phone: +61 7 3840 7768
- Email: publicprograms@slq.qld.gov.au
Last updated: 19th November 2008
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