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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Cultural</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Significance</th><td class="infobox-data summary">Commemoration of the <a href="/wiki/Stolen_Generations" title="Stolen Generations">Stolen Generations</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/26_May" class="mw-redirect" title="26 May">26 May</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next time</th><td class="infobox-data">26 May 2025<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">2025-05-26</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Frequency</th><td class="infobox-data">Annually</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First time</th><td class="infobox-data">26 May 1998<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1998-05-26</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>National Sorry Day</b>, officially the <b>National Day of Healing</b>, is an event held annually in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> on 26 May commemorating the <a href="/wiki/Stolen_Generations" title="Stolen Generations">Stolen Generations</a>. It is part of the ongoing efforts towards <a href="/wiki/Reconciliation_in_Australia" title="Reconciliation in Australia">reconciliation</a> between <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Australians" title="Indigenous Australians">Indigenous</a> and <a href="/wiki/European_Australians" title="European Australians">non-Indigenous Australians</a>. </p><p>The first National Sorry Day was held on the first anniversary of the 1997 <a href="/wiki/Bringing_Them_Home" title="Bringing Them Home">Bringing Them Home</a> report. It examined the government practices and policies which led to the Stolen Generations and recommended support and reparations to the Indigenous population. In 2008, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a> issued a <a href="/wiki/Apology_to_Australia%27s_Indigenous_peoples" title="Apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples">formal apology</a> for the mistreatment of Indigenous Australians on behalf of the federal government. National Sorry Day has also inspired many public acts of solidarity and support for reconciliation. </p><p>Protests have also been held on Sorry Day, with protestors arguing that Indigenous children have continued to be forcibly relocated under the <a href="/wiki/Child_protection" title="Child protection">child protection</a> system and government systems have failed to adequately support them. Although there have been efforts implemented by state governments, a national <a href="/wiki/Reparation_(legal)" title="Reparation (legal)">reparation</a> scheme has not been established. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Sorry_Day&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>National Sorry Day is an annual event in Australia on 26 May. It commemorates the <a href="/wiki/Stolen_Generations" title="Stolen Generations">Stolen Generations</a> — the <a href="/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians" title="Aboriginal Australians">Aboriginal Australian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Torres_Strait_Islanders" title="Torres Strait Islanders">Torres Strait Islander</a> children who were forcibly separated from their families in an attempt to assimilate them into white Australian culture during the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-torpey_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-torpey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Bringing_Them_Home"_and_history_of_government_reparations"><span id=".22Bringing_Them_Home.22_and_history_of_government_reparations"></span>"Bringing Them Home" and history of government reparations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Sorry_Day&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: "Bringing Them Home" and history of government reparations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Bringing_Them_Home" title="Bringing Them Home">Bringing Them Home</a> and <a href="/wiki/Apology_to_Australia%27s_Indigenous_peoples" title="Apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples">Apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples</a></div> <p>The first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998 by a coalition of Australian community groups.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among others, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Randall_(Aboriginal_Australian_elder)" title="Bob Randall (Aboriginal Australian elder)">"Uncle Bob" Randall</a> and his daughter Dorothea performed at the commemoration,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which marked one year after the 1997 <i><a href="/wiki/Bringing_Them_Home" title="Bringing Them Home">Bringing Them Home</a></i> report was <a href="/wiki/Table_(parliamentary_procedure)" title="Table (parliamentary procedure)">tabled</a> in <a href="/wiki/Australian_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Parliament">Australian Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report was the result of an inquiry into the government policies and practices which caused the Stolen Generations. Among its fifty-four recommendations were that funding be allocated for Indigenous healing services and that reparations should be made in the form of formal apologies.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a> refused to issue an apology and said that he did not believe genocide was committed against Indigenous Australians.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, he passed a <a href="/wiki/Motion_of_Reconciliation" title="Motion of Reconciliation">Motion of Reconciliation</a> expressing "deep and sincere regret that indigenous Australians suffered injustices under the practices of past generations", but his administration argued that "it was not responsible for the actions of past governments and that admissions of wrongdoing could open the door to compensation suits."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His successor <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a> issued a <a href="/wiki/Apology_to_Australia%27s_Indigenous_peoples" title="Apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples">formal apology</a> in February 2008 on behalf of the federal government, becoming the first Prime Minister to do so in an official capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-ApoloogyStolenGenerations_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ApoloogyStolenGenerations-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, many of the report's recommendations have not or only been partially implemented.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ApoloogyStolenGenerations_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ApoloogyStolenGenerations-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sorry Day protestors also argue that routine removal of children from Indigenous families continues under the auspices of <a href="/wiki/Child_welfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Child welfare">child welfare</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as Indigenous children are overrepresented in the <a href="/wiki/Child_protection" title="Child protection">child protection</a> system and <a href="/wiki/Out-of-home_care" class="mw-redirect" title="Out-of-home care">out-of-home care</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The number of Indigenous children in out-of-home care rose from 9,070 in 2008 to about 18,900 in 2022. A national reparation scheme has not been established, although there has been monetary compensation in various states and territories. Writing for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Conversation_(website)" title="The Conversation (website)">The Conversation</a></i>, professor Bronwyn Carlson noted that many members of the Stolen Generations have died before being able to be compensated, and compensation is unable to be forwarded to their families.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/ABC_News_(Australia)" title="ABC News (Australia)">ABC News</a></i> reported in 2023 that Indigenous Australians have faced abuse from the non-Indigenous community around the time of Sorry Day, questioning why they should apologise.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> In 2005, the National Sorry Day Committee renamed the day the National Day of Healing, with the motion tabled in Parliament by Senator <a href="/wiki/Aden_Ridgeway" title="Aden Ridgeway">Aden Ridgeway</a>. In his words: "the day will focus on the healing needed throughout Australian society if we are to achieve reconciliation".<sup id="cite_ref-sbs_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sbs-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sorry_Day_poster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Sorry_Day_poster.jpg/220px-Sorry_Day_poster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Sorry_Day_poster.jpg/330px-Sorry_Day_poster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Sorry_Day_poster.jpg/440px-Sorry_Day_poster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="566" /></a><figcaption>A commemorative poster from 2008</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_reconciliation_acts">Public reconciliation acts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Sorry_Day&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Public reconciliation acts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bringing Them Home report has inspired many public acts of reconciliation.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 28 May 2000, more than 250,000 people, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, participated in a walk across <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Harbour_Bridge" title="Sydney Harbour Bridge">Sydney Harbour Bridge</a> organised by the <a href="/wiki/Council_for_Aboriginal_Reconciliation" class="mw-redirect" title="Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation">Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation</a> to protest the lack of a government apology to Indigenous people, show solidarity and to raise public awareness.<sup id="cite_ref-sbs_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sbs-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Members of the public also had a plane write "sorry" above the bridge the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Uluru_Statement_from_the_Heart" title="Uluru Statement from the Heart">Uluru Statement from the Heart</a> was released on Sorry Day in 2017. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Sorry_Day&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Day_of_Mourning_(Australia)" title="Day of Mourning (Australia)">Day of Mourning (Australia)</a>, 26 January 1938</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmony_Day" title="Harmony Day">Harmony Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mabo_Day" title="Mabo Day">Mabo Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIDOC_Week" title="NAIDOC Week">NAIDOC Week</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Reconciliation_Week" title="National Reconciliation Week">National Reconciliation Week</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconciliation_Australia" title="Reconciliation Australia">Reconciliation Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reconciliation_in_Australia" title="Reconciliation in Australia">Reconciliation in Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Australian_referendum_(Aboriginals)" title="1967 Australian referendum (Aboriginals)">1967 Australian referendum (Aboriginals)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_countries">Other countries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Sorry_Day&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I_Apologize_campaign" title="I Apologize campaign">I Apologize campaign</a>, a grassroots initiative in Turkey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_Day" title="Native American Day">Native American Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Day_for_Truth_and_Reconciliation" title="National Day for Truth and Reconciliation">National Day for Truth and Reconciliation</a>, Canada</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Sorry_Day&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCarlson2022" class="citation web cs1">Carlson, Bronwyn (26 May 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://theconversation.com/national-sorry-day-is-a-day-to-commemorate-those-taken-but-sorry-is-not-enough-we-need-action-183618">"National Sorry Day is a day to commemorate those taken. But 'sorry' is not enough – we need action"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Conversation_(website)" title="The Conversation (website)">The Conversation</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 May</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ABC+News&rft.atitle=%27It+almost+didn%27t+happen%27%3A+%27Sorry%27+skywriters+reveal+true+story+behind+lasting+symbol+of+reconciliation&rft.date=2020-05-27&rft.aulast=Bamford&rft.aufirst=Matt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2020-05-28%2Fsorry-skywriters-reunite-20-years-after-bridge-walk%2F12290098&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Sorry+Day" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Sorry_Day&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBriscoe2015" class="citation web cs1">Briscoe, Luke (26 May 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/national-day-of-healing-sorry-empathy-and-the-road-to-reconciliation/jd3e4pn3g">"National Day of Healing: 'Sorry', empathy and the road to reconciliation"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Special_Broadcasting_Service" title="Special Broadcasting Service">SBS News</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 May</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=SBS+News&rft.atitle=National+Day+of+Healing%3A+%27Sorry%27%2C+empathy+and+the+road+to+reconciliation&rft.date=2015-05-26&rft.aulast=Briscoe&rft.aufirst=Luke&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sbs.com.au%2Fnitv%2Farticle%2Fnational-day-of-healing-sorry-empathy-and-the-road-to-reconciliation%2Fjd3e4pn3g&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANational+Sorry+Day" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Aborigines Launch "Sorry" Day for Stolen Children, <i>Reuters</i>, 10 March 1998</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Sorry_Day&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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