Many questions remain unanswered in Australia about Aboriginal history. One is: Which government policy towards Indigenous people has had the greatest impact on Indigenous Australians? Through research, the policy of assimilation has had the greatest impact on Indigenous Australians and the three supporting arguments to prove this are that Aboriginal people are losing their rights to freedom, Aboriginal children are being removed from their homes. families and, finally, the loss of the aboriginal. Assimilation was a policy set out by the government in 1937 and continued until 1964. This policy of assimilation was implemented not only for Aboriginal Australians but for all foreign immigrants who were not not European and white in color. The implementation of this policy meant that the Aborigines were forced to abandon their heritage and adopt the culture of the British/Anglo-Saxons. This law took children away from their families to learn to become and live as a white Australian, leaving all memories, beliefs and traditions behind. Another major impact this had on the Aborigines was that they had no rights or freedoms and ultimately all culture, heritage and beliefs were left behind and forced to start a new life living as a "white man ". The policy of assimilation was only one of many policies. set up. Before the policy of assimilation was passed into law in the 1930s, there was a policy of protection. This law was put in place to protect the Aborigines from disease and violence as European settlers moved into their territory. It was believed that the indigenous race was gradually disappearing. disappear in a few years and that they were able to live out their last years in peace. As the native race had not gone extinct and was still... middle of paper ... native lives would not have been affected as much as it was in the 1900s and the policy of protection and all others it would not have been necessary to follow this policy. Works Cited “We apologize for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments which have inflicted deep grief, suffering and loss on our fellow Australians. We particularly apologize for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country. For the pain, suffering and suffering of these stolen generations, their descendants and their families left behind, we say sorry. To mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, for the breakdown of families and communities, we say sorry. And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry.”