Everything about The National Sorry Day totally explained
The
National Sorry Day is an
Australian event, held each year on
26 May since
1998. It isn't an official holiday.
Between
1995 and
1997 an inquiry was held into the removal of
Aboriginal children from their families, the "
Stolen Generations". The final report, "
Bringing Them Home - Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families" was released in 1997. One year after the release of the final report, a National Sorry Day was instituted, to acknowledge the wrong that had been done to indigenous families and so that the healing process could begin. Sorry Day is also in remembrance of mistreatment of the Aboriginal people and not only to the children involved in the Stolen Generation. Many politicians, from both sides of the house, participated.
The day was held annually until 2004.
It was renamed
National Day of Healing from
2005. However, in September 2005 the name reverted when the National Sorry Day Committee decided to restore the name Sorry Day.
ENIAR (
European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights) has been hosting an annual event to mark the National Sorry Day each year in London since 2005. The 2005 London event was the first Sorry Day to be hosted outside of Australia and sought to raise the awareness of indigenous issues in the UK. This event includes performances and speeches by indigenous and non-indigenous Australians as well as British citizens who have connections with indigenous Australia.
2008 apology - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Speech
On
13 February 2008, Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd put a motion to the
Parliament of Australia.".
In his accompanying speech,
Kevin Rudd noted that "reconciliation is in fact an expression of a core value of our nation".
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