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RESPONSE TO THE APOLOGY: QUEENSLANDERS REFLECT

Tiga Bayles, General Manager of 98.9 FM, Brisbane's Indigenous radio station, Tiga is a well known identity in the Indigenous broadcasting sector

Listen to Tiga's story

Jeremy Robertson, Jeremy is a drama student at the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts

Listen to Jeremy's story

Natalie Alberts, Natalie is the Assistant Director of the Musgrave Park Cultural Centre

Listen to Natalie's story

Sam Wagan Watson, Sam is a leading Aboriginal poet of his generation

Listen to Sam's story

Nadine McDonald-Dowd, Nadine is the Program Coordinator for kuril dhagun at the State Library of Queensland

Listen to Nadine's story

On 13 February 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made an apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples on behalf of the Parliament of Australia. State Library of Queensland, with assistance from Queensland University of Technology and Queensland's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, has captured responses to this historic event.

The Response to the Apology: Queenslanders Reflect digital stories are short "mini movies", 2 to 3 minutes in length. In addition to the digital stories, there are longer, recorded interviews with some of the participants, a recorded group interview, film footage from Canberra and other material.

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Last updated: 16th November 2011

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