Stolen Generations
Stolen Generations

The Stolen Generations are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed as children from their families and communities through race-based policies set up by both State and Federal Governments from 1910 to the 1970s.
Intergenerational trauma
Intergenerational trauma

If people don’t have the opportunity to heal from past trauma, they may unknowingly pass it on to others. Their children may experience difficulties with attachment, disconnection from their extended families and culture and high levels of stress from family and community members who are dealing with the impacts of trauma.
Knowledge Creation
Knowledge Creation

We work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing leadership, survivors, youth, therapists and academics to harness knowledge and co-design projects that combine ancient Indigenous healing knowledge with Western trauma knowledge.
- Stories from Community
- Looking Where The Light Is
Community Healing
Community Healing

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, healing is a holistic process, which addresses mental, physical, emotional and spiritual needs and involves connections to culture, family and land. Healing works best when solutions are culturally strong, developed and driven at the local level, and led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Resources
Resources

We offer a wide range of resources on trauma and healing for Stolen Generations survivors, their descendants, families and communities, along with other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
About Us
About Us

The Healing Foundation is a national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation that partners with communities to address the ongoing trauma caused by actions like the forced removal of children from their families.

National Sorry Day 2025 Webinar

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National Sorry Day 2025 Webinar

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The National Sorry Day 2025 Webinar is a time to reflect, learn, and stand in solidarity with Stolen Generation Survivors. Each year, 26 May marks National Sorry Day, acknowledging the Stolen Generations — Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children forcibly removed from their families between the mid-1800s and 1980s.

This year marks 28 years since the Bringing them home report was tabled in Parliament — a powerful truth-telling moment that called for justice. The Healing Foundation report released earlier this year – Are you waiting for us to die? The unfinished business of Bringing them home – found only 6% of the Bringing them home report recommendations have been clearly implemented Many of the survivors who shared their stories to the Bringing them home inquiry are no longer with us, because it was a whole generation ago.

Those who remain are ageing and still waiting for real action. This year the message is clear: We cannot wait another generation to act on the priority Bringing them home recommendations in 2025. A special thanks goes to our esteemed guests, Stolen Generations survivors Ian Hamm (Yorta Yorta) and Aunty Yvonne Mills (Kokatha/Mirning) from The Healing Foundation’s Stolen Generations Reference Group, along with The Healing Foundation’s CEO, Shannan Dodson (Yawuru), for their valuable insights. Together let’s honour truth, support healing, and commit to meaningful change.

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