Peter Read coined the phrase 'the stolen generation', first used by him as a title for a magazine article. In 1981 Peter Read helped create Link-up, an organisation to bring Aborigines who had been abducted back to their parents. It went on to become a major force leading to the Stolen Generation enquiry. On the way Peter wrote many influential publications, including The Lost Children (1988), Charles Perkins: A Biography and Lost Places (1997).

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefacePrologue: The Stolen Generations: Who are we ?1.The oral evidence2.The written evidence3.The Stolen Generations4.'Like being born all over again': the establishment of Link-Up6.At the edge of the firelight: coming home, partly7.Calling in the accounts8.Sorry business9.In the courts: 'In the middle of the ocean, drowning'BibliographyEndnotesIndex

Peter Read coined the phrase 'the stolen generation', first used by him as a title for a magazine article. In 1981 Peter Read helped create Link-up, an organisation to bring Aborigines who had been abducted back to their parents. It went on to become a major force leading to the Stolen Generation enquiry. On the way Peter wrote many influential publications, including The Lost Children (1988), Charles Perkins: A Biography and Lost Places (1997).

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefacePrologue: The Stolen Generations: Who are we ?1.The oral evidence2.The written evidence3.The Stolen Generations4.'Like being born all over again': the establishment of Link-Up6.At the edge of the firelight: coming home, partly7.Calling in the accounts8.Sorry business9.In the courts: 'In the middle of the ocean, drowning'BibliographyEndnotesIndex