Bass Coast community together for National Sorry Day

By Bass Coast Reconciliation Network

BASS Coast Reconciliation Network is proud to be hosting a National Sorry Day event on May 26, 2023, to commemorate the Stolen Generations and encourage truth telling to promote healing and reconciliation. 

Sorry Day, also known as the National Day of Healing, is an annual event to acknowledge and remember the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, communities and cultures. 

Everyone is invited to be part of the event at Cape Paterson Surf Life Saving Club from 10 am to 1 pm to acknowledge the strength of Stolen Generation survivors and reflect on how we can play our part in the healing process.

The event will include a Welcome to Country, speeches from local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leaders followed by a light lunch, yarns and a cultural performance with music from Paul Patten.

The Bass Coast Reconciliation Network is a group of organisations that works with community to promote reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians in the Bass Coast region.

Bass Coast Reconciliation Network has members from Bass Coast Shire Council, Bass Coast Health, Westernport Water, Phillip Island Nature Parks, Bunurong Land Council, Bass Coast South

Gippsland Reconciliation Group, Myli, West Gippsland CMA, South Gippsland Water and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community members and is pleased to see organisations come together with the community to acknowledge and celebrate this important date of significance.

For more information on the Sorry Day event, please visit: www.basscoast.vic.gov.au/reconciliation or contact the Bass Coast Reconciliation Network Sorry Day key contact Patrice Mahoney 0427 878 846.