THE BALLINA SHIRE ADVOCATE: A STEP FORWARD FOR RECONCILIATION FOR AUSTRALIA’S “STOLEN GENERATION”
Nancy Walke, from Ballina, officially opened the In Living Memory exhibition at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina last Thursday. The exhibition features about 1000 historical photographs from the records of the former NSW Aborigines Welfare Board, 1919-1966 of the aboriginal “stolen generation”. While tomorrow, February 13, marks the first anniversary of the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generation, Nancy said the exhibition provided a way to move forward in the reconciliation process.
Question to the Blogosphere: Do projects like the “In Living Memory” exhibition in Australia help people get past historical grievances or do they merely reopen old wounds and cause victims to dwell on their victimhood? In other words, to these events promote reconciliation in reality?
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