Kevin Rudd’s sorry speech The speech was made to the aboriginals and to the stolen generations. There was forced a politic by the Australian government which is known for assimilation upon the aboriginals. Inhuman actions were inflicted on the aboriginals who involved that the Australian government had full rights to take away half-caste children without the parents accept. In this speech‚ Kevin Rudd‚ the Australian prime minister is giving a painstaking apology to the stolen generations and
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with hundred of parliamentarians and the representatives of the Indigenous community. The 26th Australian Prime Minister‚ Kevin Michael Rudd who is an English - Irish man‚ astonishing and surprising the whole of Australian citizens by delivering a speech entitled ‘Sorry’. He received a standing ovation as he entered the hall before he delivered his remarkable speech. His speech is an official apology on behalf of the Australian government to the Aboriginals‚ but in particular it is directed to the
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Kevin Rudd Sorry Speech analysis Kevin Rudd (Prime Minister at the time) made an apology to the “Stolen Generation” from the Parliament House‚ Canberra‚ 2008. The “Stolen Generation” were the children of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from the Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions‚ under the acts of their respective Parliaments. Kevin Rudd’s aim was to inform the Indigenous community of the Australian Governments ‘wrong doings’
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Personal Response to Kevin Rudd’s Apology Kevin Rudd delivered a formal apology on February 13th 2008‚ to Indigenous Australians‚ 17 years since the reconciliation process began. Past treatment of Indigenous people in Australia have caused much pain and suffering‚ especially those of the Stolen Generations who had to suffer mistreatment. The main points of the speech reflected on the mistreatment of the Indigenous Australians‚ more particularly‚ the Stolen Generations‚ the road to reconciliation
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Introduction: Kevin Michael Rudd was Australia’s 26th Prime Minister who held office for two and a half years. Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister in 2007. He is the first former Prime Minister to return to the office since Robert Menzies in 1949‚ and only the second Labor Prime Minister to do so. Kevin Rudd is one of the most significant Australian Prime Ministers of his time. Kevin Rudd made many contributions to Australia’s post-war development after WWll some of the contributions include Environmental
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Why we say sorry: Mr Rudd said sorry for the Stolen Generation in his apology speech‚ but why exactly are we sorry for this blemished chapter in our countries history? The Stolen Generation were children of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent that were forcibly removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government because they had white blood. This in itself is bad‚ but yet‚ the government at that time didn’t acknowledge this and continued life without even thinking
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past issues to do with the Aboriginals and European settlement. I believe that these three texts should be included in your exhibition for Reconciliation Week. These texts are “The Rabbits” [2000] written by Shaun Tan and John Marsden‚ Kevin Rudd’s “Sorry Speech” [2008] and “No More Boomerang” [2002]‚ written by Kath Walker. These three text have a significant meaning and recognize the significance of the British Invasion and the damage the invasion caused to the aboriginals and the aboriginal community
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Australia after ten years of Liberal Party rule‚ Kevin Rudd’s speech was read at specifically 9am on 13th February 2008 in Canberra‚ Australia‚ and also it was televised and set up in big screens around the country. This momentous occasion was attended by Australian politicians and past Prime Ministers. This address was to apologize for years of “Stolen Generations” where children from Aboriginal natives‚ numbered up to 50‚000‚ between late 1800’s and late 1900’s by European invaders and past ancestors to
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Advanced English Assessment Task 1- Belonging Speech Weighing: 15% ‘To struggle to belong is a significant part of our lives’ To what extent is this statement true of your selected text and prescribed text? People experience belonging in various ways throughout their lives. It is a subjective notion depending on the individual’s relationships with both their personal and social contexts. Therefore belonging is a struggle dependent upon an individual’s capacity to maintain their identity whilst
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Belonging Speech Context and the sense of belonging that comes from it contributes to a sense of identity‚ our relationships and processes of acceptance and understanding 1. Subject: Who or what is the subject of the image? 2. Location: What is the location of the image? 3. Date/period: When was the photo taken? What period does the image belong to? 4. Description: Is it a photograph‚ poster‚ coloured‚ black and white? 5. Composition: What is happening in the
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