Australia also had its own system of eugenics with the attempted miscegnation of the Aboriginal people. Children were stolen from their families, raised 'white' and encouraged to marry white. The explicit aim was to destroy them by 'breeding out colour' and they were classed according to this. AO Neville, the WA protectorate of Aboriginal people, was obsessed with this and the assurance of a white British Australia and decided who could and couldn't marry.
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This will be another series I am researching regarding America's native population and how their culture and health were destroyed through government managment. Right now many of America's native population are having problems finding mates because of small reservation populations. However, this has happened throughout human history when the vanquished are pushed to the margin or incorporated into the ruling population. You can also see this happening to the Tibetans and the Hans, when China took over management of Tibetan people and their lands.
Its historically consistent and devastating. The effects of colonisation have caused such long lasting sorrow.