Protection and Assimilation

"A paternalistic policy from the Australian government of control over every aspect of Indigenous Australians' lives."
Which policy is this describing?

• Protection

• Assimilation

What was believed would happen to Indigenous Australians soon after Australia became a nation in 1901?

Under the Protection policy, every Aboriginal in Australia was placed under legal control by what was called a P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Parents of Indigenous people under the Protection policy had rights over their children

• True

• False

Under the Protection Policy, Indigenous adults were removed from their traditional land and placed into

• Prisons

• White homes

• Reserves

• Missions

What was the Australian government policy that aimed to make Indigenous peoples "fit in" by teaching them how to be white?

• Protection

• Assimilation

Why were Indigenous children removed from their families?

How long did the Stolen Generation policy run for?

• At least 100 years

• At least 60 years

• At least 150 years

• It's still happening now

List one negative consequence for Indigenous Australians of the policy of forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families.

Draw your symbol for Assimilation OR Protection.