[eng] Postcolonial literature is concerned with denouncing historical injustices. In reference to
Australia, many works denounce the Australian policies of the 1900s where a large number of
children, known as Stolen Generations, were taken away from their families and
institutionalised in government facilities. Today, the experiences of the Stolen Generations are
shaped in children’s books. My dissertation focuses on three Australian children’s books,
Anthony Hill’s The Burnt Stick (1995), Trina Safiotti’s Stolen Girl (2011) and Lisa Miranda
Sarzin’s Stories for Simon (2017), which recall two critical aspects in the history of Stolen
Generations: the loss of cultural heritage and the healing process. My main aim is to
demonstrate how these children's stories can create an environment to be critical for the
reader, regardless of their age, and reflect on past events. I conclude that children’s books
serve as an important tool to revisit the past and handle traumatic stories and that these can
become cultural stories of strength and resilience which contribute to both heal the past and
bring about reconciliation in the country.