'Stolen generation' of Aborigines to receive £2.2m Jan 23, 2008
One of those to be compensated is Eddie Thomas, who was a baby when he was removed from his family on Cape Barren Island and institutionalised. He said the compensation was an acknowledgement that his removal was wrong. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Tassie Tiger beat the odds May 23, 2007
When they landed on Cape Barren Island, he broke up and they kept the cameras on him. The same thing happened when he went to his mother's grave. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Indigenous community workers voice concerns over CDEP cuts Feb 18, 2007
Michael Mansell from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre says Aborigines in Launceston and on Cape Barren Island have benefited from the program ... "They've been carrying out the actual thing the Australian Government says they should be carrying out and now the Government's going to cut the funding off. "With the threat of ending these programs we do run the risk of more and more Aboriginal people leaving the community on Cape Barren Island and moving into the cities, where I can tell them there's... (ABC News Online, Australia)
