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Sorry Day Australia Analysis

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The 26th of May marks a day of nationwide reflection and reconcciliation, this annual event was established in 1998 and was named Nation Sorry Day in 2005 (Australian Government, 2017). Time is taken on this day each year to recognise the members of the Stolen Generations, brutality towards Aborigines, and reflect on Australian history to ensure the country learns from it past so that it cannot repeat its self. This national occasion ensure that reconciliation will continue far into the future, and sends a message that the healing of Indigenous people is a journey which calls for the participation of the entire nation. Kevin Rudd was the first Prime Minister to acknowledge the actions of past governments in relation to the Stolen Generations,

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