<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> It has been suggested that Stolen generation testimonies be merged into this article . (Discuss) Proposed since November 2015 . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> It has been suggested that Stolen generation testimonies be merged into this article . (Discuss) Proposed since November 2015 . </Td> </Tr> <P> The Stolen Generations (also known as Stolen Children) were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments . The removals of those referred to as "half - caste" children were conducted in the period between approximately 1905 and 1969, although in some places mixed - race children were still being taken into the 1970s . Documentary evidence, such as newspaper articles and reports to parliamentary committees, suggest a range of rationales . Apparent motivations included the belief that the Aboriginal people would die out, given their catastrophic population decline after white contact, the belief that they were heathens and were better off in non-indigenous households, and the belief that full - blooded Aboriginal people resented miscegenation and the mixed - race children fathered and abandoned by white men . </P> <P> A minority of historians dispute that substantial numbers of mixed - blood Aboriginal children were forcibly taken from their families . They contend that some children were removed mainly to protect them from neglect and abuse . Official government estimates are that between one in ten and one in three indigenous Australian children were forcibly taken from their families and communities between 1910 and 1970, affecting all regions of the country . </P>

Who took part in removing the stolen generation