"Stolen Generation" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: en-au-Stolen Generation.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Stolen Generation}} Stolen Generation
  1. (Australia, mass noun) Collectively, those Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who as children who were removed from their families by government agencies or church missions, between approximately 1869 and (officially) 1969. Tags: Australia, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Stolen_Generation-en-name--hmTBdCl Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Noun

Audio: en-au-Stolen Generation.ogg [Australia] Forms: Stolen Generations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Stolen Generation}} Stolen Generation (plural Stolen Generations)
  1. (Australia, usually in the plural) Collectively, those Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were removed from their families as children, within some given generation (nominal period of time over which children grow up, before having children of their own). Tags: Australia, plural-normally Synonyms: stolen generation
    Sense id: en-Stolen_Generation-en-noun-KS1jlXWZ Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

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