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Australia to compensate Stolen Generation survivors 1 minute read
Sydney, Australia, Aug 5 (EFE).- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Thursday a compensation scheme for thousands of survivors of the so-called Stolen Generations, those who as children were forcibly separated from their indigenous families as part of the official assimilation policy between 1910 and 1970.
The government will give up to AU$82,000 ($60,600) to those eligible in the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay (New South Wales), a measure that will add to the compensation schemes offered by the other states and territories of the country.
The financial and wellbeing redress scheme totals AU$378.6 million.
Many of our people have passed, including my mother, so it s a sad day for those who have passed, but it s a good day for those who have survived, Turner told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Turner s mother Emma Turner had been taken from her own mother in the 1920s and they didn t reunite until the 1970s. It will never replace growing up with family; you can never replace that, she said. I hope this will give some relief to the survivors of the Stolen Generations.
Australian states have legislated their own compensation plans for Stolen Generations survivors between 2008 and last year.