Australia Says Sorry

Rudd’s thrice-repeated “We are sorry” stirred tears
Photographs for TIME by Lisa Hogben

Healing the hurt
Rudd's thrice-repeated "We are sorry" stirred tears. "It goes deep," said Aboriginal activist Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor, who traveled from Redfern. "This really means a big thing to us."

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