1. Topic: The Stolen Generations in Australia. Identify

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Topic: The Stolen
Generations in Australia
Identify the type of source (book, journal article, website,
webpage, oral source, documentary film, etc): Journal Article
Indicate how you located the source (via a database such as
Onesearch, Proquest, Informit, J-Stor or other means): Google
scholar
Citation (in APA style)
The, L. P. H. (2018). Australia's Stolen Generations: sorry is not enough. The Lancet. Public
health, 3(9), e407.
Summary
The article emphasizes on the powerful word of sorry and it is apology for the 100000 Torres
Island people and the Aboriginals that were forcibly removed from their own children. The
Article presents a formal acknowledgement of an apology directed towards the suffering, pain
and injustices. Even after the end of the 40 years of the policy of assimilation, the members still
continued to suffer from the health effects, social suffering and economic suffering.
Evaluation of the reliability and credibility of the source.
The journal article provided an apologetic content for the Torres island people and the
aboriginals. The reliability can be established from the fact that it journal article highlighted
statistical data from the report titled “Aboriginal and Torres Islander Stolen generations and
descendants” which is released by Healing Foundation and the Australian Institute of Health and
Welfare (AIHW). The article also has reports from the Australian Human rights government.
The article highlighted the health aspect of the aboriginal people.
An Assessment of the usefulness of the source for your research towards Assessment Task
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The usefulness of the article can be established from the fact that it emphasized on the health
aspects of the Torres Island people and the Aboriginals. The journal also has the reports
collected from the Australian Human rights and Healing Foundation and the Australian Institute
of Health and Welfare which highlights the plight of the aboriginals.