Australian Aboriginal
Macarthur, Wally
Macarthur is one of the Stolen Generation (see: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children ) kidnapped under a government policy to destroy Aboriginal civilization. He was ... [more]
McRobbie, Narelle
McRobbie was born to an Aboriginal-New Caledonian mother and Aboriginal father, and raised in the far north of Queensland. Her father died when she was a small child. When she was eight she... [more]
Morcom, Luke Sidney
Morcom was born Sidney Morcom in Borrolool, Northern Territories, to an Aboriginal family. At one week of age he became one of the Stolen Generation, (see: Australian Aboriginal and Torres... [more]
Moriarty, John
Moriarty was kidnapped by Australian government agents (see: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children ) while at school. When his Aboriginal mother went to pick him up on... [more]
Nanbaree
Nanbaree was orphaned by the smallpox epidemic at Port Jackson in 1789, during which a large number of Aboriginals, who had no natural immunity to the disease, died. He was adopted by a loc... [more]
Perkins, Charles
Perkins was born in Alice Springs. His father was an Aboriginal; sources differ about whether his mother was an Aboriginal or European. When he was 10 he became one of the Stolen Generat... [more]
Roach, Archie
Roach was one of the thousands of Aboriginal children stolen from their parents by the Australian government in an attempt to assimilate them into white society (see Australian Aboriginal ... [more]
Schreiber, Lorna
Schreiber was born at Yarrabah Mission, Queensland. She was taken from her parents at the age of 10 and raised in a mission school until she was 16 when her tribe successfully demanded that... [more]
Simon, Ella
Simon was born on a mission at Taree, New South Wales, to a part Aboriginal mother and a white father, but was brought up by her grandparents. She became the first Aboriginal woman justi... [more]
Vander-Kuyp, Kyle
Vander-Kuyp was given up by his mother as a baby, and adopted at five weeks of age by a white family, who later also adopted a daughter. His adoptive mother is also a birth mother who gave ... [more]
