| ISBN |
9781925302745 |
| Author |
Butler, Brian, 1938- (author) |
| Title |
Sorry and beyond : healing the stolen generations / Brian Butler and John Bond. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2021. |
| ©2021. |
| Description |
xii, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 23 cm. |
| Note |
"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are respectfully advised that this publication contains names and images of deceased persons and culturally sensitive information"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Brian Butler's grandmother was taken from her family by government officials in 1910. She was 12 years old. Twenty years later her daughter, Brian's mother, was taken. Thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families, like Brian Butler's, have been coping with the impact of child removal for more than a century. Beyond Sorry describes the growth of the grassroots movement that exposed the truth about Australia's removal policies and worked for healing and justice. Born in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, the movement was joined by nearly a million non-Indigenous Australians in the 1998 Sorry Day and Journey of Healing campaigns, which paved the way for the Federal Parliament's unanimous apology in 2008. As the Journey of Healing campaign has shown, community initiatives have played a vital part in overcoming the immense damage done. The journey isn't over. Sorry and Beyond is a call to continue the work of healing this national trauma. |
| Subjects |
Butler, Brian, -- 1938- |
| National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families (Australia). -- Bringing them home |
| Link-Up Program (Australia) |
| Healing Foundation (Barton, ACT) |
| Closing the Gap (Government program) |
| Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Government policy -- Australia |
| Child welfare -- Australia |
| Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Government policy |
| Torres Strait Islanders -- Government policy |
| Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations |
| Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care |
| Child welfare - Children's homes |
| Employment - Conditions - Wages - Stolen wages |
| Government policy - Assimilation |
| Indigenous peoples -- Australia -- Government relations |
| Mental health - Wellbeing |
| National Sorry Day, Australia, 1998 |
| Politics and Government - National symbols and events - Apologies - Stolen generations |
| Politics and Government - National symbols and events - National Sorry Day / Journey of Healing |
| Psychology - Therapy and counselling |
| Community organisations - Social welfare |
| Race relations - Reconciliation |
| Reconciliation |
| Reconciliation -- Australia |
| Reparations for historical injustices |
| Stolen generations (Australia) |
| Australia -- Race relations -- Government policy |
| Australia -- History -- 20th century |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Bond, John (author) |
| Call number |
2024.059 |
