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National apology to the Stolen Generations event at the National Museum of Australia

On 13 February 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a formal apology to Australia’s Indigenous peoples, particularly to the Stolen Generations whose lives had been blighted by past government policies of forced child removal and Indigenous assimilation.

In this photograph, visitors and staff watch the Rudd’s apology in the National Museum's main hall.

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National Museum of Australia

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