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Stolen Generations

Stolen Generations is the plural of Stolen Generation.

Meaning of Stolen Generation

Noun

Stolen Generation (plural Stolen Generations)

  1. (Australia, plural-normally) 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).
    • On one level, this image of the reunification of three generations of Aboriginal women offers a satisfying resolution to the story, effectively assuaging social anxieties about past race relations, in particular the issue of the Stolen Generations.2004, Felicity Collins, Therese Davis, Australian Cinema After Mabo, page 145

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Questions about Stolen Generations

What is Stolen Generations the plural of?
Stolen Generations is the plural of Stolen Generation.

Words near Stolen Generations in the dictionary

  1. stolen a march
  2. stolen away
  3. stolen base
  4. stolen bases
  5. Stolen Generation
  6. Stolen Generations
  7. stolen goods
  8. stolen in
  9. stolen one's thunder
  10. stolen shot
  11. stolen someone's identity

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