![]() The Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, said the report was long overdue. He said a national compensation scheme would never erase the wounds, but could help set up prosperity for the next generations. "We have an understanding of the pain we've gone through, and we've passed it on to our children and grandchildren, but we need the resources so we can accept and learn." Michael Walsh was removed from his family as child, and also lived at the Kinchela Boys' Home. New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania have established state-based reparations schemes. It is seen as one of the first steps to understanding what a national compensation scheme might look like.Ībout three quarters of surviving Stolen Generations members live in either New South Wales, Queensland or Western Australia, according to the report. This analysis of Stolen Generations members was commissioned by the Federal Government to establish how many survivors were living in Australia and the level of need. "That's that cycle." Calls for national compensation scheme "I had four daughters, they were into alcohol and drugs in a big way … one girl, they took her boys and she couldn't handle it. "It affected a lot of people, I had few partners, I was never taught how to respect woman, or how to love a woman, growing up in the home. I had that hatred for anything, all I wanted to do was belt someone because that was the only thing I was taught how to do, to control people through pain," he said. He knows his trauma was passed on to those he loves most. ![]() "This is the first time we've had a large data set to prove the link between forcible removal of children and the real life experience of intergenerational trauma - like family violence, suicide and mental health issues," said Richard Weston, chief executive of the Healing Foundation.Īfter Mr Campbell left Kinchela he battled addiction and was in and out of prison. ![]() Today there are more than 17,000 surviving Indigenous Australians who were removed from their families, according to a report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and the Healing Foundation. Now, for the first time, there has been a comprehensive analysis of the social and economic impacts being felt by Stolen Generations members and their descendants. The 62-year-old and other Stolen Generations members know their pain and suffering has also affected their children's and grandchildren's lives. He has struggled to deal with the trauma of his childhood for his whole life. "I was strong enough to survive … but many of the brothers, they never survived to talk about it," he said.Īt the notorious Kinchela Boys' Home, on the New South Wales mid-north coast, Mr Campbell was abused, beaten and starved.
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