Talk:Rob Riley (Aboriginal activist)

If and when a picture is added to the article
Although I put a request photo stub on this talk page, it is readily noted by me that it might be culturally insensitive to not have some warning displayed on the article page header warning aboriginal viewers that the article contains a picture of a deceased person. It is against some aboriginal customary law to view a picture of a deceased person. If you add a photo, please add an appropriate warning at the top of the article page and make sure that the picture can only be viewed by scrolling down the said page.petedavo 07:32, 6 August 2007 (UTC)


 * See No disclaimers in articles. Andy Mabbett | Talk to Andy Mabbett 22:19, 8 August 2007 (UTC)


 * There is a debate about it at the moment on Templates for Deletion. Depending on the upshot, I will either keep the article & photo request, or will delete this article I've written entirely.petedavo 05:17, 9 August 2007 (UTC)


 * It was resolved that the main wikipedia disclaimer included a warning of sorts about this. So it's all right to find a photo now.  Petedavo talkcontributions  11:06, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Removal
What were the circumstances of his removal? Was his mother deemed to be "incapable" of caring for an infant? Was she "convinced" to "sign him over" to the authorities? How was it that he was reunited with his aboriginal family when he was 12? He was still a minor, and would still have been a ward of the State, and it would have been 1966 or 67, during which time the "stolen generation" was still active, or so we're told. Surely there is some background information which can be added here (he did write about it) as to what official reason was given for his removal, and how he was able to be reunited with his family. Did he run away from the institution? Did they decide his mother was "now fit" to take care of him? Did his mother lobby successfully, or someone else on her behalf? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.39.162.130 (talk) 14:29, 13 October 2010 (UTC)