Ivan Tiwu Copley on honouring the Stolen Generations on the Anniversary of the Apology

02/24/20 • 11 min

Today we join the community in marking the twelfth anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generation. The 13th of February is the anniversary of the National Apology. On that day in 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd offered an apology in Federal Parliament to all those Indigenous people who had been taken from their families as children by Australian authorities. Kaliah Alice went along to a community event in Veale Gardens on the 13th and spoke to Uncle Ivan Tiwu Copley on why it is such an important day to gather together.

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