Commissioner Shane Patton acknowledged the harms stemming from the police's role in the taking of Indigenous children, which he said continue to be felt today.
Victoria Police Commissioner Shane Patton has officially apologised to Indigenous peoples over the force's role in the Stolen Generations . Indigenous elders called it a "momentous" day and likened it to the national apology made by Kevin Rudd in 2008.
"It's vital for Victoria Police to face up to and accept responsibility for the widespread harm caused to Aboriginal people by the role police played in forcibly removing children from their families," he said.Commissioner Patton said Victoria Police was committed to a truth-telling process, and called the apology "long overdue".
From 1964 until 1992, Victoria Police was one of several agencies with the power to forcibly remove so-called "neglected children" from communities and families.Aborigines Advancement League chief executive Aunty Esme Bamblett likened the day to when former prime minister Kevin Rudd offered a formal apology to Australia's Indigenous people's in 2008.
The apology was hosted at the Aborigines Advancement League building in Thornbury in Melbourne's north, first established in 1957 by Sir Pastor Doug Nicholls, Doris Blackburn, Stan Davey and Gordon Bryant. Four financial advisers reveal what to do if you ever win the lottery or receive a surprise inheritance
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