IND201 Research Essay: Assimilation Policy and Aboriginal Impact

This essay provides a comprehensive analysis of the assimilation policy and the practice of forcible removal (Stolen Generations) and their profound impact on the location and lives of Aboriginal peoples in Australia, both historically and in contemporary terms. The essay begins by defining the assimilation policy, which aimed to assimilate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples into white society, and the related practice of removing children from their families. It explores the policy's underlying belief in the inferiority of Aboriginal cultures and the subsequent efforts to eradicate them through assimilation. The essay examines the ongoing impacts of these policies, including the difficulties faced by Aboriginal communities, discrimination, and the denial of their rights and cultural practices. It also discusses the forcible removal practice, highlighting the psychological trauma, abuse, and cultural loss experienced by the Stolen Generations. The essay further details improvements and efforts to address the historical injustices, such as increased health services, educational programs, and the recognition of Aboriginal land rights and cultural practices. The essay concludes by emphasizing the lasting effects of these policies and practices on Aboriginal communities and the ongoing efforts to rectify the damage and promote reconciliation.

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Introduction
This assay is based on the discussion of the assimilation policy and the practice of
forcible removal (Stolen generation). Concerning the policy and practice selected in the essay,
their impact on the location of the aboriginal people in Australian is determined (Brady, 2017
p.759). This analysis of the impact is based on both contemporary terms and historical setting of
the Aboriginal people in Australia. The assimilation policy was based on the fact that the
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples were inferior and the white people's
superiors. The policy was aimed at making sure that the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Peoples die out through the natural elimination method. This policy meant that all the
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples were not supposed to attain the same
treatment as other Australians. This policy implies that the Australian Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Peoples were not supposed to live as part of the Australian community enjoying
all the rights like any other Australians. Moreover, the policy implied that this community was
not supposed to have similar privileges with other Australiana and their beliefs and social
settings were not appreciated just like any other Australians.
The practice related to the policy of assimilation was stolen generation practice. In this
practice, Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ children were taken away and
taught a new way of life (Madden and Pulver, 2019 p.181). They were taught to reject their
original culture and adapt to the new white people's culture. In this practice, the names for those
children were changed and forbidden speaking their native traditional language. In this practice,
the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ children were adopted by the white
people's families. To make the matter worse, they were taken to the schools were abused and

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discrimination was very common. This policy and practice had an impact on the location of
Aboriginal Peoples in Australia both historically and in contemporary terms.
Ongoing impacts
The ongoing impacts of the assimilation policy are that it led to continuing difficulties
facing the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (Ellinghaus, 2016 p.563).
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are criticized especially in the central
and the north part of Australia. These people were discriminated against and treated differently
from other Australians for a long time ago. The Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Peoples have nowhere to be valued within the Australian and considered to be an unimportant
community within Australia. This attracted the attention of the commonwealth (Rigney, 2018
p.125). The commonwealth was forced to be involved in the welfare of the Australian Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. The first conference held in Adelaide brought out the idea of
assimilation changing its root. The policy became aspects of the protection of the Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Peoples in settled areas. This policy became one of the accepted and
adopted by the commonwealth and all Australian state governments to make sure that the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are treated fairly. In the ongoing impacts of the
policy, the assimilation policy has changed to mean that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Peoples are supposed to be considered similar to other Australians. The policy currently
advocates for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and other Australians to live as a
single community. They are supposed to enjoy all sorts of rights and privileges in Australia
without any discrimination. The policy as well as advocates for the appreciation of the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ culture and their traditional way of living.

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On the other hand, the forcible removal practice related to the assimilation policy in that
it focused on the adaption of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ children than the
adults because they believed that the children were easily assimilated. The assimilation of the
children did not improve the lives of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
(Eckermann, 2019 p.5). It caused a lot of stress, psychological torture for those who lost their
children. Besides, they were exposed to high discrimination and above because the other
Australians did not consider them as equal. The fact is that the practice had so many impacts on
the children who were taken away from their parents. The policy is trying to make sure that the
challenges and impacts of the initial practices and policies are reduced. They're some of the
impacts that the children adopted by the other Australians went through. They include; sexual,
physical, psychological abuse as they lived in white people's families (Gilbert, 2011 p.46). The
children felt so ashamed of their indigenous heritage because they were forced to reject their
culture and contemporary matters. Some of the children did not know where they come from and
therefore they could not trace their ancestral origin. They were even cheated that their parents
died and there they lived an orphan kind of life (Nicholls, 2011 p.325). There was much of the
punishment and discrimination in their schools. They were separated from other groups of white
children and highly discriminated against. To make matter worse they received very little
education because no one paid much attention to their learning. The policy of assimilation has
got the ongoing impacts to make sure that all these impacts of the forcible removal practice are
neutralized. There are efforts to make sure that all people in Australian and considered the same
regardless of race, color, and originality. From the discussed above, it has been found that early
times practices and policies brought about the pressure and discrimination to the Australian
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. They have nothing to own in Australian and

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considered as an inferior part of the community Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Peoples were supposed to be involved in very hard labor and act as house servants. The other
impact of the assimilation and forcible removal is that the parents were never recovered from
psychological and physical torture that their children underwent. This has been heavy grief that
many of the parents are yet to recover even from today. They had to take other routes like taking
a lot of alcohol as a way of doing away with the stress they underwent (Maddison, 2012 p.695)
The contemporary and location of the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
was interrupted due to removal of large numbers of children from the community. Some of the
children lost their cultural knowledge. Others never taught their original parental languages and
skills. This was a challenging part of life (Short, 2013 p.491). To sum up all these, the ongoing
assimilation policy tries to solve this cultural discrimination of Australian Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Peoples.
A couple of improvements to redress the impact
There is some of the improvement that has been taken so that the impacts could be
rectified. Some of the improvements involved an increase in the health services, educational
programs, and housing services in the Northern part of Australia (Hellsten, 2014 p.204). The
equalization of all students in schools regardless of their race and originality has been put in
place. Commonwealth has set out some strategies that make sure that all the Australian
communities are treated the same and exposed to the same rights and privileges as other
Australians. The aboriginal communities are given the right to own properties in Australia and
have national coalitions with any political party of their interest. In terms of the settlements and
locations, the national governments in all states of the Australian have implemented the policy of
location of all communities in Australian based on their interest. In this case, the Aboriginal and

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Torres Strait Islander Peoples who had been separated from their ancestors can go back to their
original places and have a new settlement. This is one thing that has reduced the grief of the
parents whose children were taken away and mistreated a longtime ago. This is of the
improvement by the government of Australia in collaboration with the commonwealth to make
sure that the rights of humankind are respected within Australia. The policy on free movement
and location of people within Australia regardless of their race and their ancestral originality has
led to an increase of population in the southern part of Australia. The ward had to be engaged
with the welfare of the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. The main
meeting held in Adelaide drew out the possibility of osmosis changing its root. The approach
became viewpoints for the insurance of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in
settled territories. This approach got one of the acknowledged and embraced by the province and
all Australian state governments to ensure that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
are dealt with reasonably. In the progressing effects of the approach, the digestion strategy has
changed to imply that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples should be considered
incomparable way with other Australians. The strategy as of now advocate for the Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and other Australians to live as a single network. They should
appreciate a wide range of rights and privileges in Australia with no segregation. The
arrangement also advocates for the energy about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Peoples' way of life and their conventional method for living. Then again, the persuasive
expulsion practice identified with the osmosis arrangement in that it concentrated on the adaption
of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' children than the grown-ups because they
accepted that the kids were effectively absorbed.
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The essay has discussed the practice of forcible removal in which the children affected
negatively and did not improve the lives of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. It
caused a great deal of pressure, mental torment for the individuals who lost their children.
Furthermore, they were presented to high discrimination and above because the other Australians
didn't think about them as equivalent. The truth of the matter is that the training had such huge
numbers of effects on the children who were detracted from their folks. The strategy is
attempting to ensure that the difficulties and effects of the underlying practices and arrangements
are diminished. There a portion of the effects that the children received by the other Australians
experienced. They incorporate; sexual, physical, mental maltreatment as they lived in white
individuals families. The children felt so ashamed of their indigenous legacy because they were
constrained to reject their way of life and contemporary issues. A portion of the children didn't
know where they originate from and therefore they couldn't follow their tribal starting point.
They were even duped that their folks kicked the bucket and there they experienced an orphan
sort of life. There was a great part of the punishment and segregation in their schools. They were
isolated from other gatherings of white kids and profoundly discriminated. To worsen the matter,
they got next to no education because nobody gave a lot of consideration in their learning. The
arrangement of the improvement has the progressing effects to ensure that every one of these
effects of the persuasive evacuation practice is killed. There are endeavors to ensure that all
individuals in Australian and considered the equivalent paying little heed to the race, shading,
and inventiveness. From the discussed above, it has been discovered that early occasions
practices and arrangements brought about the weight and separation to the Australian Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. They have nothing to claim in Australian and considered as
sub-par some portion of the network Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

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should be associated with exceptionally hard works and go about as house hirelings. The other
effect or the persuasive evacuation is that the guardians were never recuperated from mental and
physical torment that their kids experience.

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