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Sorry for the lies you told

For the children you stole

Hearts that don't bleed

Hearts so cold.

Came to this land

With guns in hand

An ancient culture

You wish to disband.

Taken our rights

By days and by nights

Killing our people

And not hearing our plights.

Now it's the future

And someone has spoken

Time to move on

And to heal the broken.

Poem by Kamilaroi man Neville James Draper [41]

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Bystander action on preventing race-based discrimination 

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Bystander action on preventing race-based discrimination 

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Bystander action on preventing race-based discrimination

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DEBATE: Many Australians support the notion of keeping the name of Australia Day, while others resist the idea. Make a list of the arguments in support of a new name and those against the idea. What is your opinion? 

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DEBATE: Many Australians support the notion of keeping the name of Australia Day, while others resist the idea. Make a list of the arguments in support of a new name and those against the idea. What is your opinion? 

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Aboriginal People Respond To “Australia Day”

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January 26, 1788 was the date on which Captain Arthur Phillip took formal possession of the colony of New South Wales and raised the British flag for the first time in Sydney Cove.

In the early 1880s the day was known as ‘First Landing’, ‘Anniversary Day’ or ‘Foundation Day’.

In 1946 the Commonwealth and state governments agreed to unify the celebrations on January 26 and call it ‘Australia Day’. The day became a public holiday in 1818 (its 30th anniversary)

Why do we celebrate Australia Day?

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New Zealand apologised in 1995 to a Maori tribe for stealing 500,000 hectares of land 130 years earlier. That apology became law [13].

Canada

Canada apologised On June 11, 2008, to its Indigenous peoples for its past actions that eroded “the political, economic and social systems of Aboriginal people and nations”. The government acted on a report which had been tabled two years earlier.

From the 19th century until the 1970s—dates very similar to Australia’s own history—more than 150,000 Aboriginal children were required to attend state-funded schools in an attempt to assimilate them into Canadian society [40] and the purpose of “killing the indian in the child” [33]. They were forbidden from speaking their native languages or participating in cultural practices.

There were an estimated 130 Residential Schools across Canada. An estimated 90,000 survivors fight to have their stories recorded.

The last Residential School closed in 1996.

In May 2006 the Canadian government reached a CDN$1.9-billion settlement to compensate survivors.

We Were Children (directed by Tim Wolochatiuk, 2011, 83 min) chronicles the profound impact of the Canadian government’s residential school system through the eyes of two children who were forced to face hardships beyond their years. As young children, Lyna and Glen were taken from their homes and placed in church-run boarding schools, where they suffered years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, the effects of which persist in their adult lives.

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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s Apology Speech
in parliament on February 13th, 2008

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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s Apology Speech
in parliament on February 13th, 2008

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Analyse and highlight important words which demonstrate the sincerity of this apology.

What are some of the things that Mr Rudd promises to the Australian Aboriginals in the future?

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Sorry, Kevin Rudd's Apology to "The stolen Generation"

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Uploaded on May 27, 2010

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Reconciliation Australia - Fresh Eyes Let's finish what we started. Join UnfinishedOz to show your support for reconciliation. Go to http://www.unfinishedoz.com.au

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What does the school already do to participate or recognise reconciliation

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What does the school already do to participate or recognise reconciliation

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What practical actions can students in school take to become part of the reconciliation movement? 

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What practical actions can students in school take to become part of the reconciliation movement? 

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Write down your own definition of
reconciliation 

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Write down your own definition of
reconciliation 

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- to forgive someone's actions or words
- make amends with someone or people of a community
- the restoration of friendly relations.