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Stolen Generation

Speech parts

1. Stolen Generation - Noun

2. Stolen Generation - Proper noun

Meaning

Stolen Generation

(Australia, mass noun) Collectively, those Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who as children who were removed from their families by government agencies or church missions, between approximately 1869 and (officially) 1969.

Stolen Generation (plural Stolen Generations)

(Australia, usually in the plural) Collectively, those Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were removed from their families as children, within some given generation (nominal period of time over which children grow up, before having children of their own).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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