National Sorry Day

Video: Brenda Matthews is co-director of the feature film The Last Daughter and invites you to attend National Sorry Day.

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Hi, I'm Brenda Matthews co-director of the feature film The Last Daughter, which is now on Netflix. I'm also the author of the book with the same title.

On the 21st of May from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. at the Southern Cross University Gold Coast campus, I'll be sharing my story of healing as part of National Sorry Day and Reconciliation week.

Hope you can make it look forward to seeing you all there.

National Sorry Day FAQs

Events such as National Sorry Day flag-raising events, morning teas or lunches, and speeches from community leaders, including Indigenous Australian elders, are often conducted during this day.  

On 13 February 2008, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd presented the apology to Indigenous Australians as a motion to be voted on by the house, which included the lines of, “We apologise for the laws and policies of successive Parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these, our fellow Australians".

A national apology was issued, especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities, and their country. This apology extended to the pain, suffering, and hurt of these Stolen Generations, their descendants, and for their families left behind.

For more information

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