the government apologized for the stolen generation on 26 may 1998.
the government apologized for the stolen generation on 26 may 1998.
when did the government apologize for the stolen generation?
26 may 1998
following publication of the report, the parliament of the northern territory and the state parliaments of victoria, south australia, and new south wales passed formal apologies to the aborigines affected. on 26 may 1998, the first "national sorry day" was held; reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by a total of more than one million people. as public pressure continued to increase on the government, howard drafted a motion of "deep and sincere regret over the removal of aboriginal children from their parents", which was passed by the federal parliament in august 1999. howard said that the stolen generation represented "the most blemished chapter in the history of this country."
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wool classing is the production of uniform, predictable, low-risk lines of wool, carried out by examining the characteristics of the wool in its raw state and classing (grading) it accordingly. wool classing is done by a wool classer. some of the qualities a wool classer examines when classing wool are:
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