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Core Part 1: Aboriginality and the Land
Quick questions on Reconciliation in HSC Aboriginal Studies
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What are symbolic milestones?Show answer
Several events stand out as symbolic milestones. The first National Sorry Day was held in 1998, following the Bringing Them Home report, to remember the Stolen Generations. In 2000 the Corroboree 2000 events and the bridge walks saw very large crowds walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge and other bridges around the country in support of reconciliation, one of the largest demonstrations of public feeling in Australian history. These were powerful expressions of changing public attitudes.
What is reconciliation today?Show answer
Reconciliation continues through the organisation Reconciliation Australia, the widespread adoption of Reconciliation Action Plans by workplaces and schools, and National Reconciliation Week. At the same time, the failure of the 2023 referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, and the persistent gaps reported under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, show how far substantive reconciliation still has to travel. Many Aboriginal leaders argue that truth-telling and treaty, as called for in the Uluru Statement from the Heart, are the substantive steps that symbolic reconciliation has not yet delivered.
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