Photographs of today’s Grandmothers Against Removal (GMAR) rally at Hyde Park.
GMAR is a self-organised group of Aboriginal grandmothers and mothers who advocate against the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families by government departments.
Since Prime Minister Rudd’s apology for the so-called ‘Stolen Generation’ in 2008, there have been claims of a 400% increase in removal of Aboriginal children from their families. GMAR assert that the Stolen Generation has never ceased and that it continues today.
Of specific focus today, was the case of an Aboriginal mother whose children were removed to a foster home and then taken to the UK last year, where the (English) foster family now intends to once again reside. GMAR are calling for the return of the children to Australia and ultimately back to their mother.
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