... delivered the Redfern address, which was an oratorical moment in Australians history as it managed to capture in explicit terms, the harsh truths about Australian history, and to use them as a basis for building trust in the government's motives among Indigenous Australians. On the 13th of Febuary 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered the national apology to the indigenous people of Australia ... to imagine these things being done to us." With these words, the former prime minister's speech was the first time an Australian political leader had publicly acknowledged the impact of colo...

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