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Innocence and 'child rescue' in the colonial imagination
Wednesday, 17 December, 2025
The forced removal of First Nations children from their families was active government policy in Australia between the 1910s and the 1970s, and still continues today under the banner of child protection. Today we're hearing that the story of the Stolen Generation has a historical parallel in the 'child rescue' movement in 19th century Britain, when so-called 'ragged children' were taken from their families - in many cases, abducted - and placed in institutions, to be trained and moulded into productive citizens.
