Part 1 Introduction = 1
Chapter 1 : The Inquiry = 3
Scope of the Inquiry = 5
The Inquiry process = 18
Part 2 Tracing the History = 25
Chapter 2 : National Overview = 27
Chapter 3 : New South Wales and the ACT = 39
Chapter 4 : Victoria = 57
Chapter 5 : Queensland = 71
Chapter 6 : Tasmania = 91
Chapter 7 : Western Australia = 101
Chapter 8 : South Australia = 119
Chapter 9 : Northern Territory = 131
Part 3 Consequences of Removal = 151
Chapter 10 : Children's Experiences = 153
Chapter 11 : The Effects = 177
The effects of separation from the primary carer = 181
The effects of institutionalisation = 187
The effects of abuses and denigration = 193
The effects of separation from the Indigenous community = 202
The effects on family and community = 212
Inter-generational effects = 222
Chapter 12 : Reunion = 233
Part 4 Reparation = 247
Chapter 13 : Grounds for Reparation = 249
Colonial legal standards = 251
International human rights = 266
Chapter 14 : Making Reparation = 277
Acknowlledgment and apolgy = 284
Guarantees against repetition = 294
Land, culture and language restitution = 296
Monetary compensation = 302
Part 5 Services for Those Affected = 315
Chapter 15 : Evaluating Government Responses = 317
Chapter 16 : Access to Personal and Family Records = 324
Chapter 17 : Funding for Reunion Assistance = 357
Chapter 18 : Mental Health Services = 373
Chapter 19 : Responses of Churches and Other Non-Government Agencies = 405
Access to Personal and Family Records = 408
Counselling services = 415
Restitution of land = 418
Part 6 Contemporary Seperations = 423
Chapter 20 : Introduction = 425
Chapter 21 : Child Welfare - Care and Protection = 429
Australian welfare systems = 433
Aboriginal Child Placement Principle - State and Territory review = 439
Failure of the welfare approach = 451
Chapter 22 : Adoption = 463
Chapter 23 : Family Law
Chapter 24 : Juvenile Justice = 489
The Processes of Juvenile Justice seperations = 491
Juvenile Justice legislation = 499
Juvenile Justice policy and program responses = 503
Causes of separation = 510
Conclusions = 539
Chapter 25 : Underlying Issues = 543
Chapter 26 : A New Framework = 559
Self-determination = 562
National minimum standards = 581
Appendices = 599
Bibliography = 673
Chapter 1 : The Inquiry = 3
Scope of the Inquiry = 5
The Inquiry process = 18
Part 2 Tracing the History = 25
Chapter 2 : National Overview = 27
Chapter 3 : New South Wales and the ACT = 39
Chapter 4 : Victoria = 57
Chapter 5 : Queensland = 71
Chapter 6 : Tasmania = 91
Chapter 7 : Western Australia = 101
Chapter 8 : South Australia = 119
Chapter 9 : Northern Territory = 131
Part 3 Consequences of Removal = 151
Chapter 10 : Children's Experiences = 153
Chapter 11 : The Effects = 177
The effects of separation from the primary carer = 181
The effects of institutionalisation = 187
The effects of abuses and denigration = 193
The effects of separation from the Indigenous community = 202
The effects on family and community = 212
Inter-generational effects = 222
Chapter 12 : Reunion = 233
Part 4 Reparation = 247
Chapter 13 : Grounds for Reparation = 249
Colonial legal standards = 251
International human rights = 266
Chapter 14 : Making Reparation = 277
Acknowlledgment and apolgy = 284
Guarantees against repetition = 294
Land, culture and language restitution = 296
Monetary compensation = 302
Part 5 Services for Those Affected = 315
Chapter 15 : Evaluating Government Responses = 317
Chapter 16 : Access to Personal and Family Records = 324
Chapter 17 : Funding for Reunion Assistance = 357
Chapter 18 : Mental Health Services = 373
Chapter 19 : Responses of Churches and Other Non-Government Agencies = 405
Access to Personal and Family Records = 408
Counselling services = 415
Restitution of land = 418
Part 6 Contemporary Seperations = 423
Chapter 20 : Introduction = 425
Chapter 21 : Child Welfare - Care and Protection = 429
Australian welfare systems = 433
Aboriginal Child Placement Principle - State and Territory review = 439
Failure of the welfare approach = 451
Chapter 22 : Adoption = 463
Chapter 23 : Family Law
Chapter 24 : Juvenile Justice = 489
The Processes of Juvenile Justice seperations = 491
Juvenile Justice legislation = 499
Juvenile Justice policy and program responses = 503
Causes of separation = 510
Conclusions = 539
Chapter 25 : Underlying Issues = 543
Chapter 26 : A New Framework = 559
Self-determination = 562
National minimum standards = 581
Appendices = 599
Bibliography = 673