National Sorry Day is a day to acknowledge the strength of Stolen Generations Survivors and reflect on how we can all play a part in the healing process for our people and nation.

While this date carries great significance for the Stolen Generations and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it is also commemorated by Australians right around the country.

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Sea of Hands

Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation (ANTaR) Sea of Hands is an iconic symbol of reconciliation

It is a way for communities all around Australia to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues and events.

The first Sea of Hands was held on 12 October 1997, in front of Parliament House, Canberra.

It was created as a powerful, physical representation of the Citizen’s Statement on Native Title – a petition circulated by ANTaR to mobilise non-Indigenous support for native title and reconciliation.

Campus events

Hawthorn

10 - 11am, AD108

All staff and students are invited to join the National Sorry Day event to plant a Sea of Hands (located at the AD108 building next to the old Haddons site).

Register for Hawthorn

Croydon

11am - 1pm, Aunty Dot Peters AM Flowering Grasslands, CF building

All staff and students are invited to join the National Sorry Day event to plant a Sea of Hands (located near the Aunty Dot Peters AM Flowering Grasslands, CF building).

Register for Croydon

Wantirna

11am - 1pm, Aunty Dot Peters AM Flowering Grasslands, WG building

All staff and students are invited to join the National Sorry Day event to plant a Sea of Hands (located near the Aunty Dot Peters AM Flowering Grasslands, WG building).

Register for Wantirna

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