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The Stolen Generation Analysis

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“I think the stolen generation is all just BS”
“The Stone Age doesn’t really have a great deal to offer the twenty first century”
Dear Mr David Dickson, first thing first my names is Enok Bajramovski I am a senior student currently studding at north Fitzroy high school. Located in Melbourne Victoria, in my English class we have been studying about aboriginality. Recently the whole class and I have viewed three different parts of the documentary. I and my class mates have very different viewpoints to what your thoughts were on indigenous Australians.
As I am aware you are a former Australian politician who co-founded and was deputy leader of the p Hanson’s one party. That was formed in 1997. As of this year you are 58 years
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