AIATSIS Webpage: An Annotated Bibliography on Stolen Generations

This assignment provides an annotated bibliography entry focusing on the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) webpage about the Stolen Generations. It identifies the source type as a webpage and details its location through a Google search. The annotation includes a summary of the webpage's content, which discusses the historical removal of Indigenous children from their families as a result of past governmental policies. The assignment evaluates the reliability and credibility of the AIATSIS website, highlighting its role in providing family tracing services and its connection to the Bringing them home report. It also assesses the usefulness of the source for research, referencing the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) initiative and additional sources from humanrights.gov.au and aihw.gov.au.

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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): Webpage
Indicate how you located the source (via a database such as
Onesearch, Proquest, Informit, J-Stor or other means):
Google search
Citation (in APA style)
aiatsis.gov.au. (2019). Stolen Generations. Retrieved from
https://aiatsis.gov.au/research/finding-your-family/before-you-start/stolen-generations
Summary
The stolen generations are the generations of the children that were taken away from the Torres
Strait Island people and Aboriginal families. Such an act is a part and result of the past
governmental policy that were removed by the government, welfare bodies and the churches.
The children that were taken away were brought up and adopted, fostered by the white families,
and institutions. The process of child removal took place during the times of British
colonization.
Evaluation of the reliability and credibility of the source.
This webpage was found on the website of Australian Institute of the Australian Institute of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. This website also provided the reunion and he
family tracing services for the stolen generations. The different states and the territories are
mentioned in the website and the different types of the services along their date of establishment.
The credibility and reliability can be established from the Bringing them home report.
An Assessment of the usefulness of the source for your research towards Assessment Task
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This website also provided the reunion and he family tracing services for the stolen generations.
The bringing of them report was an initiative of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Commission (HREOC).

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Additional references: (include references for any sources that you cite for supporting
information in your annotations).
Humanrights.gov.au. (2019). Bringing them Home Report (1997) | Australian Human Rights
Commission. Retrieved from https://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/bringing-them-
home-report-1997
aihw.gov.au. (2019). Stolen generations. Retrieved from
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/indigenous-australians/stolen-generations-descendants/
contents/table-of-contents
Word count: 181