# On a Dark Day for the AFL, the Full Impact of Australia's History Weighs Heavy  ## About - Author: Bridget Brennan - Title: On a Dark Day for the AFL, the Full Impact of Australia's History Weighs Heavy - Tags: #articles #aus news #inoreader - URL: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-22/hawthorn-indigenous-families-allegations-dark-day-for-afl/101464360 ## Highlights There is a long history of Aboriginal mothers being forced to give up their babies and terminate their pregnancies in this country. The seminal Bringing Them Home report in 1997 said those widespread human rights abuses "contributed directly to the alienation of Indigenous societies today". "The actions of the past resonate in the present and will continue to do so in the future," the commissioners said. ---