11th Feb 2022  |  News & Events

National Apology Day 13th February 2022

The National Apology to Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples was delivered by the former Prime Minister Mr. Kevin Rudd on February 13th, 2008, and acknowledged in particular the Stolen Generations.

Please see some resources/links below to explore ways you can include learnings in your school and within your classrooms, if you have any questions please reach out to KESO for additional support.

Resources – Links

National-Apology-_10th-anniversary-resource.pdf (vaeai.org.au)

Learning-about-the-Stolen-Generation-Resource-2013-compressed.pdf (vaeai.org.au)

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apology speech – YouTube

10 things you should know about the National Apology (sbs.com.au)

13th February: Anniversary of National Apology – Deadly Story

National Sorry Day Activities and Ideas for the Classroom | Teach Starter

10th Anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations – VACCA

Videos

Telling Our Stories – Our Stolen Generations (Aunty Julie Black) – YouTube

Telling Our Stories – Our Stolen Generations (Jack Charles) – YouTube

Freddy | Fractured: Broken Ties – Reclaimed Lives – YouTube

Impacts of intergenerational trauma – YouTube

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apology speech – YouTube

Archie Roach – Took The Children Away (Official Music Video) – YouTube

Briggs – The Children Came Back ft. Gurrumul & Dewayne Everettsmith (Official Video) – YouTube

What is the Stolen Generations Redress Scheme? – YouTube

What Sorry Day means to me | Tina – YouTube

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