Last week, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered an historic apology to Aborigines for past policies which resulted in thousands of children being forcibly taken from their families.
Children have been reacting to this event in the One World Zone in SuperClubsPLUS and GoldStarCafe as well as asking questions of teachers in Australia. One Australian teacher described the moment when Kevin Rudd apologised:
"I was really surprised how strongly everyone in Australia felt - people crowded into public spaces like Federation Square in Melbourne - to watch the Prime Minister say sorry on massive screens. And there was lots of crying and clapping during his speech. I felt proud to be an Australian when he said sorry."Another said:
"So many people here in Australia have been waiting so long for our government to say 'sorry' - some children who were stolen from their mothers 40 or 50 years ago have been waiting their whole lives."Some children felt that it wasn't enough to apologise:
"They are cruel. I am not very happy."
"There's no point in sorry anymore because families don't have their sons and daughters"
"I think they should get money or at least something."
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