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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170526
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URL:https://justiceandpeace.org.au/events/national-sorry-day-or-national-h
 ealing-day/
SUMMARY:National Sorry Day (or National Healing Day)
DESCRIPTION:The first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998 – one ye
 ar after the tabling of the report Bringing them Home\, May 1997. The repo
 rt was the result of an inquiry by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity 
 Commission into the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child
 ren from their families.\n\nThe public and political debate about the remo
 val of children was marked by intense political activity since the mid-to-
 late 1980s. In 1992 Prime Minister Keating acknowledged that 'we took the 
 children from their mothers' at a speech in Redfern. In 1994 legal action 
 was commenced in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. These children who 
 were removed came to be known as the Stolen Generations.\nSorry Day 1998\n
 A huge range of community activities took place across Australia on Sorry 
 Day in 1998. Sorry Books\, in which people could record their personal fee
 lings\, were presented to representatives of the Indigenous communities. H
 undreds of thousands of signatures were received. People could also regist
 er an apology electronically. You can view the 24\,763 apologies to Austra
 lia's indigenous people made at Apology Australia.\n\nOn Sunday 28th May 2
 000 more than 250\,000 people participated in the Corroboree 2000 Bridge W
 alk across Sydney Harbour Bridge. This walk was in support of Indigenous A
 ustralians and was organised by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation 
 (now known as Reconciliation Australia)\, a Federal Government initiative 
 to promote greater understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Aus
 tralians. The event highlighted the issue of a lack of an apology by the C
 ommonwealth Government to the Stolen Generations.\n\nSorry Day is an annua
 l event\, with marches\, speeches and presentations being held through the
  country.\nNational Day of Healing\, 2005\nIn 2005 the National Sorry Day 
 Committee renamed Sorry Day as a National Day of Healing for all Australia
 ns: 'The Day will focus on the healing needed throughout Australian societ
 y if we are to achieve reconciliation' (Extract from the National Sorry Da
 y Council Archives: Senator Aden Ridgeway\, National Day of Healing Launch
 \, Great Hall Parliament House\, Canberra\, Wednesday 25 May 2005).\n\nFor
  more information\, and how to get involved visit: http://www.australia.go
 v.au/about-australia/australian-story/sorry-day-stolen-generations
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