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National Sorry Day

National Sorry Day, or the National Day of Healing, is commemorated yearly on 26 May.

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National Sorry Day, or the National Day of Healing, is commemorated yearly on 26 May.

The first Sorry Day was held in 1998, one year after The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission inquiry produced the Bringing them Home report on the Stolen Generations.

Between 1910 and the 1970s as many as one in three First Nations children were forcibly removed from their families and communities. Australian government policy was to assimilate and “breed out” First Nations people and culture.

On 13 February 2008, the Parliament of Australia issued a formal apology to First Nations Australians for forced removals of their children from their families by Australian federal and state government agencies. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered The National Apology to the Stolen Generations.

It is important that Australia commemorate this significant date in the nation’s history, acknowledging the wrongs of the past, while reflecting on the journey that still needs to be undertaken to address the impacts of unresolved intergenerational trauma.

More information

Customer enquiries relating to the region’s Traditional Custodians, council’s Reconciliation Action Plan or other First Nations projects supported by council, can be emailed to the First Nations Partnerships team.