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Acknowledgement of Country

The Healing Foundation acknowledges Country, Custodians and Community of the lands on which we live and work. We also pay our respects to Elders and to Stolen Generations survivors, of the Dreaming and of the here and now. We recognise the ongoing nature of trauma experiences for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and commit each day to survivor-led intergenerational healing.

Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices and names of people who have passed away.

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Institutions Map

This map includes many of the institutions, reserves and missions that Stolen Generations children were known or believed to have been taken after being forcibly removed from family.

Mapping a landscape of removal

In every state and territory, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were systematically removed from family, community, Country and culture, under policies deliberately aimed at erasing their identity.

The Stolen Generations Institutions Map includes many of the institutions, reserves, and missions that children were known to have been taken to, or believed to have been taken to, after being forcibly removed from their family.

This map was informed by feedback including Stolen Generations survivors, descendants, and organisations, as well as educators, researchers, and archivists.

The map aims to guide people on a journey to learn about the history of the Stolen Generations. 

You can interact with information for each site or explore more through additional websites, such as Find and Connect and see what the site looks like today with Google Street View.

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Acknowledgement of Country

The Healing Foundation acknowledges Country, Custodians and Community of the lands on which we live and work. We also pay our respects to Elders and to Stolen Generations survivors, of the Dreaming and of the here and now. We recognise the ongoing nature of trauma experiences for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and commit each day to survivor-led intergenerational healing.