O le osofa'iga o loo fa'aigoaina i le tala fa'asolopito o le Pinjarra massacre.
O le 'a'ai o Pinjarra pe itula i le taavale le mamao mai Perth i WA, o se nu'u o tagata Aboriginal le Bindjareb Noongar, i 'auvai o le Murray River.
I le tausaga 1834, na faia ai se osofa'iga na ta'ita'ia e le Kovana muamua o WA, James Stirling ma nisi al'i e to'a 25, na latou fasiotia ai tagata e lata i le to'a 80 o le Bindjareb Noongar e aofia ai fafine ma tamaiti.
Ae i le lata i le 200 tausaga talu ona faia lenei osofa'iga ua faia ai se fa'ato'esega a le Kovana lona 34 o WA Chris Dawson, i tagata e tupuga mai i le Bindjareb Noongar.
"I come here with my heart and court to say sorry, I come here to say sorry for the dreadful wrongs perpetrated by the first Governor of Western Australia, Sir James Stirling to Bindjareb Noongar people, on this boodja (Noongar word for land,country or rivers)"
Na ia saunoa, o le aloa'ia ma faato'ese i le sese o aso ua alu, e aoga mo le fa'aleleiga i le va o tagata muamua ma isi i le atunu'u i aso nei.
"To me that meant telling the truth, in all of its complexities of the past in order to heal in the present, and do all I could to contribute to the growth of trust and reconciliation"
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