Ten things the Archbishop of Canterbury should know about Australia’s ‘Stolen Generations’

Oct 13, 2022 by Jill

by Mark Powell, MercatorNet:

The concept of Australia’s “Stolen Generations” is a myth.

Justin Welby, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, is currently in Australia and pontificating on the historic wrongs we have committed against indigenous peoples. According to The Australian, Dr Welby stated:

“There is a very considerable consciousness of past errors in a number of institutions in which, incidentally, the Anglican Church of Australia is one, but only one of that number. There is a real effort to change that and it goes right across the church, overriding other difference which are divisive in the church around human sexuality.”

So, according to the British Archbishop, racial reconciliation is more “unifying” than the Bible’s teaching on same-sex marriage or the ordination of gay priests? Dr Welby is also mistaken though as to the historical reality surrounding his own denomination’s ministry to Australia’s indigenous peoples.

Rather than being the government lackey for perpetuating systemic racism, the Anglican Church of Australia — alongside every other Christian denomination — was at the forefront of defending the rights and protections of Aboriginals. For example, as far back as 1920, the Church Missionary Society had asked the Australian government to set aside the whole of Groote Eylandt as an Aboriginal reserve.^[1]

However, Dr Welby’s ignorance of the Christian church’s relationship with Australia’s indigenous people goes much deeper. As will be demonstrated below, the term “Stolen Generations” is a relatively recent idea, formulated by political activists. What’s more, the historical evidence proves that — despite popular opinion — the Anglican Church does not have to “repent” of participating in a racial genocide.

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