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AS the sun set over the La Trobe University Bendigo campus on Friday, community members came together to commemorate Sorry Day.
It has been 20 years since the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission tabled their report about the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families.
Gathered around the fire pit for a Welcome to Country and a smoking ceremony on Friday, community members reflected on all that had happened before Bringing them Home was published, and since.
Though the Stolen Generation and the trauma sustained by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people was front of mind, the sunset ceremony was also on the cusp of the start of National Reconciliation Week, and the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum.