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Australian history: the lost generation

Prior to colonization which began in January 1788, the Australian Aborigines lived a lifestyle based on their Dreamtime beliefs. They had survived as a race for thousands of years and their lifestyle and cultural practices had remained virtually unchanged during that time. However, colonization imposed changes on the Aborigines as people who lived in areas that were being settled by the Europeans, were forced off their land as towns and farms were developed. When settlers followed the explorers and began felling trees and building farms, they restricted the ability of the Aborigines to move freely around their land. They also destroyed their traditional food sources. The Aborigines were often considered to be a pest and a nuisance. Many were killed by diseases such as influenza. Thousands were massacred to make way for farms and settlements.

The settlers were often contemptuous of the Aborigines and separated them from their society and the people became the fringe dwellers of society. Others were removed from their families and placed into institutions. From the late 1830s the remnants of the tribes in the settled areas were moved onto Reserves and Missions where they were 'managed' by White men and were forbidden from teaching their children their language and customs. The Aboriginal children were taken away from their families and forced to work as domestic servants and to live on the white peoples' government-controlled missions and reserves.

Often the white people would send Aboriginal women out into the white community, and if they came back pregnant, the rule was to keep each woman for two years and then take the child away; sometimes mother and child would never see each other again. The white society thought it would be in the best interest of the child to remove her from the corrupting influence of her Aboriginal family. There were no rules or regulations for the treatment of the Aboriginal children who were sent to work. The children then grew up in a white community knowing nothing of the Aboriginal culture and environment. In other words, which tribe they are descended from or the names of their parents and or grandparents. They are a lost generation.

The children in the institutions were the most neglected children in Australia. Many had to sleep in dormitories with about nineteen to twenty-five other girls in each of dormitory. If any of the girls wet the bed, she would get her nose rubbed in the wet sheet and then receive a beating. The food they ate was so bad that sometimes the meat was infested with maggots. They were not supplied with shoes; in order to keep their feet warm, children would jump into the cow dung.

The forced removal of indigenous children happened in every state and territory ofAustralia. The separation of Aboriginal children started in Victoria and New South Walesas early as 1885 and, in some states, was not stopped until the 1970s. About 85% of Aboriginal families have been affected in some way, either by having children taken away from them or by being forced to make major decisions to avoid having their children taken.

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請將下列句子翻譯成英文。

1.他用無線電同毒販聯系了。

2.他們請了一位室內裝飾師，讓他把這地方隨意裝修。

3.他有一所現代化生活設備一應俱全的住房。

4.那是不對任何人都開放的 但是我可以給你開個后門。

 Australia 《澳洲亂世情》精講之三 參考答案：

1.Stop mucking about and listen to what I’m saying.

2.All the evidence would have to be assembled before he could put pen to paper.

3.This document is legally binding.

4.Paul sat there as bold as brass and refused to leave.

精彩對白：You know, these days, I can pull a few strings. I can probably bring your creamy in, if you like...

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