Stolen Generation Sorry Day

National Sorry Day - Australia - 26th May 2025

On 13 February 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologised to Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples for the mistreatment of the ‘Stolen Generations’, a group of people who were forced to leave their families and communities.

Today is National Sorry Day, a day to recognise and recognise the resilience of the Stolen Generations Survivors. It is also a day to reflect on how we, as Australians, can all contribute to the healing process of our people and our nation.

Today marks the anniversary of the day the Stolen Generations were first taken from their families. It is a day of remembrance and remembrance for the people who were taken from their families, but it is also a day of reflection.

On this day, Australians around the country come together to honour the Stolen Generations, and to recognise the strength of those who have been left behind.

National Sorry Day was first celebrated on 26 May, 1998, a year after the bringing them home report was presented in Parliament. This report was the outcome of a Government inquiry into past policies that led to children being taken from their homes and communities throughout the twentieth century. 

Twenty-three years later, and 12 years after the national apology, Aboriginal children and Torres Strait islander children are 10.6x more likely to be taken from their families than non-Aboriginal children. 

We can’t fix the issues of the past without acknowledging the reality of our past. 

On 26 May, sorry day asks us to recognise the stolen generations. 

But it also reminds us that historic injustice is still a source of ongoing trauma for our families, communities and peoples.

National Sorry Day Events

At Aboriginal Incursions we have delivered our Aboriginal Incursions and culture ceremony to National Sorry Day events across Australia to help understanding and in the healing and reconciliation.

Now more than ever we invite you to book our ceremony and/or performance and enjoy our aboriginal elders, traditional owners, aboriginal performers and art workshop faciliatators. We come to your property or venue and share the our oldest living culture on earth.
National Sorry Day

National Sorry Day

May 26th 2025 - We remember and acknowledge the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities, which we now know as ‘The Stolen Generations’.

National Sorry Day is a day to acknowledge the strength of Stolen Generations Survivors and reflect on how we can all share in the healing process.

ridging Now to Next

Reconciliation Week

The National Reconciliation Week from 27th May - 3rd of June 2025

The National Reconciliation Week (NRW) 2025 theme, Bridging Now to Next, reflects the ongoing connection between past, present and future.

At a time when Australia faces uncertainty in its reconciliation journey, this theme calls on all Australians to step forward together.

Bridging Now to Next urges us to look ahead and continue the push forward as past lessons guide us.

The Next Generation Strength, Vision & Legacy

NAIDOC Week

This year’s National NAIDOC Week marks 50 years of the week-long celebrations, and the theme, The Next Generation Strength, Vision & Legacy, celebrates celebrates achievements of the past and the bright future ahead.

Held across Australia between the 6th - 13th July 2025, Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth.

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Working with Aboriginal Incursions

Why Work With Aboriginal Incursions

We are a highly experienced events team with a combined 50 years experience of booking and presenting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural education and performance across Australia for all Australians. We strive for excellence at all our events, but in particularly into the Australian Education and School Sector for young students where we can make the biggest impact towards reconciliation.

We hold deadly relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from mobs across Australia including Adelaide (Kaurna), Melbourne (Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung), Brisbane (Turrbal and Yuggera), Sydney (Gadigal and Dhurag of the Eora Nation), Canberra (Ngambri and Ngunnawal), Perth (Whadjuk and Noongar), Darwin (Larrakia)  and many many regional centres.

Acknowledgement

Aboriginal Incursions acknowledges traditional custodians of the lands on which we live and work today and we pay our respects to the elders past, present and emerging. For they hold the memories, the traditions and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be aware that this website may contains image or names of people who have since passed away.
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