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SBS50: Fast Facts 1998

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AUSTRALIA SORRY DAY

The first national Sorry Day, Tuesday, May 26, 1998. Credit: AP

Did you know that, in 1998, Australia observed its first National Sorry Day to commemorate the mistreatment of the continent's Indigenous population? A decade later, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd publicly apologised on behalf of the federal government for the wrongs of the past.

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Did you know that, in 1998, Australia observed its first National Sorry Day to commemorate the mistreatment of the continent's Indigenous population? A decade later, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd publicly apologised on behalf of the federal government for the wrongs of the past.

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