The forcible removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aimed to assimilate them into white Australian society by severing their cultural ties and teaching them European customs and values. This was generally done under the guise of child welfare concerns. It also supplied European settlers with laborers, as the children taken from their communities were taught how to do jobs in the settlements.
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