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Hard reality of reconciliation on apology anniversary

There remains a long way to go for Indigenous reconciliation as racism continues to fester, almost two decades on from the apology to the Stolen Generations.

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Valerie and her siblings were taken from their mother and placed in institutions during Australia’s Stolen Generations. Two didn’t survive

One hundred survivors and their descendants gathered in Canberra this week to mark the 18th anniversary of the apology

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‘Are you waiting for us to die?’: Stolen Generations report calls for family tracing and police apologies

Only 6% of recommendations from a 1990s-era inquiry into children taken from their families have been enacted, Healing Foundation finds

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Healing call as centenary marked at notorious boys home

Stolen Generations survivors are calling for Kinchela Boys Home to become a place of truth-telling and healing on the institution's 100th anniversary.

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NSW government funds investigations into possible clandestine burials at three Stolen Generations sites

Search widens beyond Kinchela boys’ home to include Cootamundra girls’ home and Bomaderry infants’ home

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Secrets of Dawn: exposing the truth behind the magazine

An exhibition focused on the Stolen Generations will shine a light on the former NSW Aborigines Welfare Board's Dawn Magazine and the truth behind the pictures

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Linda Burney calls for investigation into possible secret burial sites at Stolen Generations institution

Minister for Indigenous Australians says claims of potential ‘clandestine’ burials at former Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Training are ‘deeply disturbing’

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Afternoon Update: Possible secret graves at Stolen Generations institution; one dead in WA shooting; and 48 species added to threatened list

Multiple sites of possible ‘clandestine’ burials discovered on grounds of Kinchela boys’ home in NSW

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Who are the Stolen Generations and what has happened to them?

Under Australia’s assimilation laws, as many as one in three Indigenous children were removed from their families in the 60 years between 1910 and 1970. The intergenerational impact has been devastating

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Revealed: multiple sites of possible secret graves discovered at Stolen Generations institution for children

Exclusive: former residents of Kinchela, near Kempsey, call on NSW government to excavate site after ground-penetrating radar picked up at least nine suspicious anomalies

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Stolen Cootamundra women reunite with a message for Australia before Reconciliation Week

Survivors of the Stolen Generations gather for an emotional Sorry Day commemorative reunion on Gadigal Country, Sydney for a day of healing and connection ahead of Reconciliation Week.

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Coota Girls to mark Sorry Day in Botanic Gardens

On May 26, 1997, the Bringing Them Home report about the Stolen Generations was tabled in parliament and each year Sorry Day commemorates the survivors.

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On the 25th National Sorry Day, Stolen Generations survivors say Australia still doesn't acknowledge its history

While a lot has changed in 25 years, Stolen Generations survivors and descendants say more needs to be done for Australia to reconcile with its history.

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NT Stolen Generations $50 million class action settlement receives final approval in NSW Supreme Court

The Commonwealth will pay more than $50 million in compensation to descendants of the Stolen Generations in the NT, with lawyers acknowledging no amount of money could redress the lasting trauma of the forcible removal of children by a government agency.

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Many of my own people tell me they don't understand the Voice

Aunty Patty Undi is sitting next to me in a place of our ancestors. She is an old lady now and she is wondering does this nation — Australia — truly care for us? Many of my own people don't know who to trust and they wonder if the Voice…

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PM addresses parliament on 15th anniversary of Stolen Generations apology, announces Closing the Gap plan — as it happened

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says there is still "a long way to go" to close the gap in his speech on the government's $424 million Closing the Gap plan.

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On the 15th anniversary of the apology to the Stolen Generations, federal government unveils $424 million Closing the Gap plan

The federal government acknowledges there has been an "enormous failure" in attempts to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, as it unveils a fresh national plan and hundreds of millions of dollars of funding.

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Embrace past failures, unite and back voice, urges PM

Peter Dutton has apologised for not attending the 2008 national apology while the prime minister has called on support for the voice to parliament.

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Giant of music leads Indigenous honours

A giant of the Australian music scene, Archie Roach is among a number of Indigenous people recognised in the Australia Day Honours.

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Remembering the famous Australians who died in 2022

Australia lost two of its greatest Indigenous artists, plus witnessed the shock early deaths of serving politicians and sporting greats.

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Stolen Generations survivors fight for future of Alice Springs childhood home, St Mary's Hostel

The St Mary's Hostel in Alice Springs was home to hundreds of Aboriginal children, many forcibly removed from their families. But now, its future hangs in the balance.

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Archie Roach song to be sung in endangered Pertame language at singer's state memorial

A group of school children will perform Took the Children Away in the Central Australian language of Pertame this month, at the singer's state memorial in Melbourne.

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In sharing his story, Uncle Jack Charles opened Australia's eyes to wider truths

As Australians mourn the loss of an acting legend, those close to the 79-year-old Aboriginal actor say his legacy of love, warmth and truth-telling will endure.

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Sharon and Deidre had never met — the institution that brought about their father's abuse connected them

Two long-lost sisters have been brought together as part of a project that aims to heal Indigenous intergenerational trauma from the Stolen Generations.

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Yoorrook Justice Commission releases interim report detailing Aboriginal elders' experiences of racism

Aboriginal elders have recounted their experiences of discrimination, dispossession and child removal for a landmark Victorian inquiry.

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