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.
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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.

Thank you

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Thank you

Thank you to everyone who came to The Healing Foundation 10 year celebrations in Canberra recently. It was wonderful to see so many Stolen Generation survivors and groups represented from around the country – from Alice Springs, Broome, Cairns, Darwin, Kempsey, Palm Island, Thursday Island and Townsville, along with guests from Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne.

It was a wonderful opportunity to acknowledge and thank some of the people who have been involved in contributing to The Healing Foundation’s work over the past 10 years to help heal people and communities.

We appreciated hearing stories from Stolen Generation survivors and descendants and we look forward to sharing more of these stories during the next year, as we continue to celebrate 10 years of leading healing nationally.

Please see photos and films from the event below.

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Thank you once again for being a part of our 10 year celebrations and The Healing Foundation journey. We look forward to continuing this healing journey with you.

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