STORIES from Dajarra to Cloncurry about the injustices indigenous families faced under Australian government policies were shared with Spinifex State College students during the school's National Sorry Day commemoration last Wednesday.
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School leaders Evander Connolly and Veronica Jack led the Reconciliation Week Assembly and spoke about the need for real action after former prime minister Kevin Rudd's formal apology to indigenous Australians in 2008.
Respected Kalkadoon figure Noeleen Dempsey told the students she remembered how police in Dajarra during the 1970s tried to control her wages by keeping them at the station and only releasing a limited amount every week.
Ron Page spoke about the journey many displaced indigenous children from the stolen generations took to find their families later in life.
A clip from the film ?bifRabbit-Proof Fence was also played to show a re-enactment of the removal of children from their land, community and family.
