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                    National Sorry Day

                    Melbourne Town Hall at night, lit with purple lights
                    On 26 May 1997 the landmark Bringing them Home report was tabled in federal parliament.

                    Bringing them Home is the final report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families and was conducted by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (now called the Australian Human Rights Commission) between 1995 and 1997.

                    On 26 May 1998, the first National Sorry Day was held to commemorate the anniversary of the report and remember the grief, suffering and injustice experienced by the Stolen Generations and the intergenerational impacts of this still felt today.

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                    Stolen Generations survivors – Our journey to recognition
                    Tune in to this special video with Stolen Generations survivors Uncle Murray Harrison, Uncle Kutcha Edwards, Aunty Eva-Jo Edwards, Aunty Lynette Austin and Uncle Talgium Edwards and hear about their journey and topics important to them.
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