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Sydney, Australia, Apr 28 (EFE).- Thousands of survivors and descendants of the so-called Stolen Generation, Australian indigenous children who were forcibly removed from their families in the 20th century, have launched a class action suit against the State, their legal representatives announced Wednesday.
An estimated 100,000 indigenous Australian minors were uprooted from their families between 1910 and 1970 and turned over to caucasian families or institutions as part of a “White Australia” policy that sought to assimilate minorities.
The lawsuit was filed in the New South Wales (NSW) Supreme Court, according to a statement from Shine Lawyers, which did not specify the amount of compensation sought.
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Stolen Generations survivors in the Northern Territory are suing the federal government for their forcible removal from family over more than 60 years.
Shine Lawyers on Wednesday said in a statement it would take on the case, with up to 6,000 Indigenous Australians eligible to join the class action, which has been filed in the NSW Supreme Court.
Special counsel Tristan Gaven, who will legally represent the group, said most states had taken steps to compensate stolen generation survivors but no such action had occurred in NT.
Compensation will be sought for the forced removal of Indigenous Australians from their families between 1910 and the 1970s.
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Heather Alley covered Waikato rugby in the 1950s, but was never able to write under her own byline.
Lurking on the sidelines of the number two field of Hamilton’s Rugby Park, Heather Alley tried her best to blend in with the crowd of men decked out in hats and overcoats. Alley hoped she’d pass for an earnest follower of the Waikato club rugby scene. No one could know the real reason she was there. In her 19 years she’d never encountered such high stakes. And she’d never felt so free. Alley, nee Paterson, was there to report on the game for the