▁quad ro on ▁blood . ▁Later ▁literature , ▁such ▁as ▁by ▁Norman ▁T ind ale , ▁refers ▁to ▁it ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁half , ▁quad ro on , ▁o ctor oon , ▁and ▁other ▁hy br ids . ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁was ▁not ▁merely ▁a ▁term ▁of ▁legal ▁convenience ; ▁it ▁became ▁a ▁term ▁of ▁common ▁cultural ▁disc ourse . ▁Christian ▁mission ary ▁John ▁Har per , ▁investig ating ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁establish ing ▁of ▁a ▁Christian ▁mission ▁at ▁Bat em ans ▁Bay , ▁New ▁South ▁Wales , ▁wrote ▁that ▁half - cast es ▁and ▁anyone ▁with ▁any ▁Ab original ▁connections ▁were ▁considered ▁" de grad ed ▁as ▁to ▁divine ▁things , ▁almost ▁on ▁a ▁level ▁with ▁a ▁br ute , ▁in ▁a ▁state ▁of ▁moral ▁un fit ness ▁for ▁heaven ". ▁Other ▁mission aries , ▁such ▁as ▁Rev . ▁J . ▁B . ▁G rib ble , ▁were ▁more ▁hope ful . ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁" H alf - C aste ▁Act " ▁was ▁given ▁to ▁laws ▁passed ▁by ▁colonial ▁govern ments ▁( and ▁later ▁enfor ced ▁by ▁state ▁govern ments ) ▁allowing ▁the ▁se iz ure ▁of ▁half - c aste ▁children ▁and ▁for cible ▁removal ▁from ▁their ▁parents . ▁This ▁was ▁theoret ically ▁to ▁provide ▁them ▁with ▁better ▁homes ▁than ▁those ▁afford ed ▁by ▁typical ▁Ab original ▁people , ▁where ▁they ▁could ▁grow ▁up ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁domestic ▁servants ▁and ▁for ▁social ▁engineering . ▁The ▁removed ▁children ▁are ▁now ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁St olen ▁Gener ations . ▁Other ▁British ▁Commonwealth