| 单词 | national sorry day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasNational Sorry Day Sorry Day n. Australian (also more fully National Sorry Day) a national event held in Australia to commemorate, and express regret for, the former official practice of removing Aboriginal children from their families (cf. stolen generation n.), held annually on 26th May since 1998. ΚΠ 1996 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 1 July 5 The group will also call for a national ‘Sorry Day’, similar to Anzac Day, but commemorating the Aboriginal ‘holocaust’. 1997 Bringing them Home (Human Rights & Equal Opportunities Comm., Austral.) 292 Nationally, there should be a ‘Sorry Day’ commemorating Aboriginal survival of the holocaust which is accorded the same recognition as ANZAC day. 1998 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 27 May 1 The Prime Minister yesterday stood firm in his refusal to make a formal national apology to the Aboriginal ‘stolen generations’, as thousands of Australians attended Sorry Day ceremonies around the country. 2008 G. Evans Responsibility to Protect vii. 166 An example of the symbolic approach is the apology offered to the indigenous people of Australia on behalf of all Australians by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, in a moving address to the parliament on February 13, 2008, following the earlier institution of an annual ‘National Sorry Day’. < as lemmas |
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