the australians weren't the only ones

we did it too, pulled children from their homes to raise them in a 'christian' environment (i.e. WHITE)

HAMILTON, N.Y. - The pastel, titled "Down to Drink," depicts a terrain of enchantment - tangerine-colored hills, a moon in a dark blue sky, a tangle of trees, kangaroos converging on a flowing stream. Created half a century ago by a boy in an Australian internment camp, it is part of a trove of 113 artworks that emerged recently from a dusty Colgate University storage space.
A bit of writing by the young artist, Parnell Dempster, survives as well. "Now I am 14 years old," he said. "I would like to be something good. I don't like camp life."
The artworks, five of which are on display here at the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate, present both an exciting opportunity and a poignant story. All were created in the late 1940's and early 50's by Aboriginal children who had been forcibly taken from their families in what the government described as an assimilation program....... there is a WONDERFUL movie out there called rabbit proof fence . it was taken from the novel follow the rabbit proof fence by doris pilkington garimara . i've not read the book (yet) but i have seen the movie.