I am sorry for the shameful injustices suffered by Indigenous Australians at the hands of European invaders who arrogantly believed they knew best, and deeply respectful of the wisdom of First Nation people. Let us strive for harmony among us, children of Earth.

I am sorry for your past, present and future pain. The world is full of horrible people who unfortunately are mostly in the top power positions. The rest of us must use our strength in numbers to vote for better people who will not continue to do terrible things to humans, to animals and to the planet.

I am sorry for the indescribable pain and sadness that has happened on the land in which we live and work. I feel privileged to work with our youngest citizens at UNSW Early Years where we explore our history, acknowledge our past, our present and plan for our future. I too am learning every day and pledge to educate myself about our Indigenous cultures.

I am deeply sorry for past hurt and I hope that with greater tolerance love and acceptance there comes opportunities for real reconciliation and recognition of indigenous people in Australia

I'd like to record my desire for Reconciliation and for a better future for all our peoples. My addition here today is to make a commitment towards a united Australia - which recognises custodians of traditional land and respects the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage.

I am truly sorry. Within my heart and within my head, I am so sorry for the utter injustice that Australia's First People experienced upon and post arrival of the European settlers. The assumption of power by one group of humans over another is more wrong than human words can express. I am so sorry that You - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are still experiencing the impacts of this injustice and the impacts of the deliberate attempts at covering it up. It is a slow route to change, but I hope you see some light ahead. I will do anything I can to support any and all pursuits of reconciliation acceptable by you and I pledge for your forgiveness.

As someone who has always had a deep love for the history of our nation, I am deeply sorry for the atrocities that have been committed. As a child growing up, my brothers and I were lucky enough to have been read Dreamtime stories by our parents before we went to sleep. It is terrible to think that many Indigenous Australians (who belong to these stories) have not had the same privilege in learning these amazing stories of creation. These stories show a deep love and understanding for the land and this is something we can all learn from. We should encourage embracing the true history of this nation, to grow as a solid and unified nation, a society that is unified and against all discrimination.

I pledge to continue to educate myself about indigenous rights and history, and to encourage others to do the same. I recognise the importance of moving forward together as a nation which embraces and values the culture, rights and history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. I am sorry.

I am so sorry for the pain and losses that the Aboriginial people have suffered. I promise to stand with you and to help in making a change.

I am deeply sorry for the intergenerational pain, trauma, grief and loss, dispossession, discrimination and injustice that colonisation and subsequent government policies have caused (and continue to cause) for Indigenous Australians. I am commitment to meaningful Reconciliation and building an Australian society which truly reflects the values of humanity, dignity, respect, equity, justice, fairness, hope and healing.

I am so sorry. Our history of dispossession and destruction of the communities, families and life of Australia's first people is awful and shameful. I hope we can make a better future.

I am very sorry for the hurt inflicted on the Indigenous folk of this country and acknowledge the damage it has done to your communities, both in the past and impacting the present. I wish for all your communities a much better future, one in which your people are strong and proud of your heritage, and in which we non-indigenous folk have the hearts and minds to appreciate the value of your culture.

I pay my respects to the Aboriginal Elders, leaders and community members, and acknowledge your strength and resilience. I am committed to supporting Aboriginal self determination, by working with and for Aboriginal organisations.

I am sorry that this country has been built on the cruel and sustained dispossession and oppression of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, and that the full story of this terrible history has been obscured for so long. It is a tragedy that Australia has two competing identities – one as an aspirational, egalitarian and free modern nation where opportunity abounds, and another where that opportunity exists due to our shockingly inhumane colonial past. I hope that with more truth-telling, and time, these two threads can come together. This week I will engage more in contemporary Aboriginal art and writing, starting with revisiting Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu.

I am sorry that Europeans arrived and promptly proceeded to do their best to annihilate the owners of the land and to destroy the land itself with their farming practices. I am sorry that the thousands of years of culture and experience of the owners of this land have been disregarded and ignored. I am sorry that this has resulted in such pain, family separation and incarceration. I am hopeful that under the guidance and continued generosity of the owners of this land, that Australia will become the just and principled country that it always should have been.

I am sorry for the indignity and pain that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have faced. The devastation that has been wrought on their culture and lives is incalculable, and an apology is meaningless in the face of the mistreatment they still face. But I am sorry. And I promise to do whatever I can to foster true growth and healing.

I am so very sorry for the mistreatment, disrespect and pain that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have endured since white man's arrival. I'm sorry that despite our sorry, actions speak much louder than words and there is still so much more to be done to heal these wounds and that not enough is being done to address the problems that endure and cause so much trauma today. I promise to teach my children to stand up and honour your plight and inspire them to find ways to repair and heal the wounds that persist today.

I am sorry for the past and present injustices. I am sorry for all of your great losses. I hope that we can finally begin to move powerfully together in truth. All Australians have so much to gain in acknowledging, understanding and learning from the full breadth of your ancient, peaceful culture.

I'm deeply sorry for the injustices and harm inflicted on Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations. Apologizing is not enough. I promise to work hard towards healing for Australia's First Nations Peoples.

I am sorry for the injustices of the past, and the terrible pain and suffering experienced by Indigenous Australians. I extend my heartfelt sympathies to members of the Stolen Generations. I hope we as a nation can do better in the future, especially by working harder to ameliorate the ongoing disadvantage experienced by Indigenous Australians.

I cannot change the past, but I am so deeply sorry for the pain, mistreatments and injustices Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been forced to endure since white man’s arrival. I hope to try to break down the lies, mistruths and misunderstandings that persist, and support empowerment and self-determination for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

I am sorry for the pain and trauma brought to you, your family and your ancestors, by the injustice in the past. As a new citizen of Australia, I acknowledge and respect that you are the first peoples of Australia. I will teach my children to stand against injustice and oppression to you. I want to work together with you for this land and the future we share.

I am deeply sorry for all the pain and hurt experienced by Aboriginal people because of European invasion and brutal policies over time. I will do my part to listen to and support the perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now and in the future and never forget that it always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

I am sorry for the pain and suffering my ancestors caused. I am committment to acknowledgeing these atrocities and will actively work towards a more inlcusive tomorrow. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land.

An apology can barely begin to compensate for the appalling injustices suffered by the indigenous Australians upon the arrival of the Anglo explorers. Let us take the apology only as a starting point and discuss meaningful changes with their leaders ranging from symbolic – permanent flag flying on landmarks for example, through to complete equality before the law and absolute permanence of ancestral land.
John Blair
May 27, 2019

I am so sorry for the harm, cruelty, dispossession and injustice experienced by Indigenous Australians, both in the past and continuing today. I wholeheartedly support the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and acknowledge that we all can, and must, do more in the ongoing journey towards reconciliation.

I am so deeply sorry for the 231 years of injustices imposed on Indigenous communities. I am sorry for the pain and hurt caused by taking children from families, taking land and sea from people and the severing of cultural connections. I pledge to continue to work with you to stop the injustice and build respectful and just communities.

I am so deeply sorry for the 231 years of injustices imposed on Indigenous communities. I am sorry for the pain and hurt caused by taking children from families, taking land and sea from people and the severing of cultural connections. I pledge to continue to work with you to stop the injustice and build respectful and just communities.

We have so much to learn. I'm sorry about how behind we are in not just acknowledging the past, but in sharing knowledge amongst and between us.

I am the descendant of both a Stolen Generation woman, and colonists who engaged in the exploitation and marginalisation of the First People of Australia. Sorry Day is a complex day for me, where I both mourn for the disconnection from family and country that my Grandmother experienced, and that her relatives experienced, and feel the complex feelings of association with the cause of that need for mourning. Despite all of the complexities that come with my genealogy, I ultimately value and strongly identify with my Nyungar Grandmother and ancestors. I use our language when I can. Ngany boodjah Minang Nyungar boodjah. I see my country as the Southwest of Western Australia, especially the King George Sound region. I hope that in feeling this way, I somehow incorporate the ills of my wadjelah ancestors, into the warmth and love of country of my Nyungar ones.

I feel deeply sorry for the past and present injustices that Australian indigenous people have endured. I immigrated here from New Zealand where our Maori culture is a part of us all. We learn the Maori language at school and we are proud of and celebrate our Maori heritage. When I arrived here in Australia it was a bit of a shock to find the indigenous culture was not as entwined in Australian life. We need reconciliation and we need to address the inequalities that continue today.

To all the mobs that used to walk this land for thousands of years before us: I deeply feel for your losses...for your children that were stolen; for your families that got broken; for the horrors you've endured; for the dispossession of the country you used to tend and dream. For all the seen and unseen damage past and present, so sorry.

I am deeply sorry for the ongoing terrible injustice to those who lived here as part of this land in a sustainable way for thousands of years: Killings, endless torturing, steeling of the most precious lands, steeling of children, continued humiliation still to this day by governments who do not even try to reconcile.
Now with the ongoing and rapid destruction of Australia's natural environment that you feel so deeply connected with (pollution of oceans and river systems, dying of the Great Barrier Reef, climate change) the humiliation and discrimination just seems to continue forever and reconciliation seems to move into the realm of the impossible.
"Australians all let us rejoice for we are young and free..." captures this unbearable injustice and arrogance by people who are now prepared to destroy the very basis of all life just too well.
Please accept my sincere apologies on behalf of all those whose hearts are filled with greed, agony and ignorance and who are incapable of experiencing connection, compassion and peace.

I am sorry that generations of Indigenous Australians have endured and continue to endure hardship. I hope as a community we can reduce the inequalities that exist between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.

By signing my name in this book, I record my deep regret for the injustices suffered by Indigenous Australians as a result of European settlement and I offer my personal apology for the hurt and harm caused by the forced removal of children from their families and for the effect of government policy on the human dignity and spirit of Indigenous Australians.

I would also like to record my desire for Reconciliation and for a better future for all our peoples. I make a commitment to a united Australia which respects this land of ours, values Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, and provides justice and equity for all.”

I am sorry for the profound and sustained injustices inflicted upon indigenous Australians since invasion. I am in awe of the resilience of the survivors. I am committed to a better future.

I am sorry that generations of your people have had to stand up and claim what is rightfully theirs instead of being honoured as the owners and custodians of this land. I am sorry that wars which waged have been forgotten and your heroes treated badly. And most of all I am sorry that children have been stolen needlessly from their parents and families.

I'm sorry for settler Australia's continuing refusal to acknowledge and recognise the sovereignty of First Nations. I'm sorry for the punitive approaches our government representatives routinely take to address the consequences of generations of trauma - particularly the ongoing removal of children from their families and the incarceration children.

I am so deeply sorry for what has been inflicted in the past as well as the ongoing injustices that continue. I hope that you are able to take comfort in knowing that there are many who stand beside you.

I am horrified by the injustices suffered by Indigenous Australians and sorry that so many of the benefits that I enjoy today came at such a cost to human health, happiness and dignity. The damage cannot be undone, but I sincerely hope that reconciliation is possible and real action is taken in an attempt to make amends. As a new Australian citizen, I pledge my commitment to a united Australia where Indigenous culture and heritage are valued and supported.

A cousin of mine was taken from his mother in the Northern Territory more than 50 years and adopted by one of my Aunts who raised him with her other 3 children. He has faced continuous discrimination throughout his life in spite of my Aunts efforts to support and protect him. I am sorry that he was put through this ordeal and taken from his birth mother like so many others.

All Australians share a responsibility to confront the horrific truth of our country's treatment of our First Peoples and, in the same breath, to give our unambiguous support to the Uluru Statement from the Heart and the message it contains. We are sorry and we can and will do better.

I am sorry for the five centuries of wars European invaders inflicted on the First Nations of World. I am sorry for the long chain of injustices and mistreatment that followed those conquests. Above all, I am sorry for our shameful inhabitability to stop causing alienation and suffering. I commit myself to the collective effort of building a better future for Indigenous Australians, which indeed means a better future for all. Let us demand and build Reconciliation.

I would like to stand alongside you and say how sad I feel that people have treated others as though they were evolutionarily inferior. My own grandparents experienced this sort of racial discrimination and vilification in the Americas where they were treated as though they were less evolved as humans because their skin was darker. However, you experienced this treatment in your own homeland, which grieves me deeply. I not only express my sincerest sympathy, but also my deepest admiration for you in your grace to forgive.

Sorry seems inadequate in acknowledging the injustices experienced by Indigenous Australians and the terrible pain families that were torn apart suffered. I believe we can all contribute to making positive change in this country and stand against injustices and inequality.

My heart bleeds for us all, stand firm in your commitment to be seen and heard so no-one will be able to deny this dreadful thing happened Much love to All

I am sorry. For what cannot be changed but will always be a part of our history, I am sorry. I hope that for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that their heritage is preserved, maintained and acknowledged. That we are consistently working towards reconciliation. That we make a commitment to a united Australia. Sorry is only the start but let's work together towards a better future for all.

As a wahine of NgaPuhi and Ngati Pukena iwi from Aotearoa I stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters of Ahitereiria Australia and share my grief in the injustices that were brought upon and continue to impact generations of whanau in this great land. May we all strive to do more and uplift each other. He waka eke noa.

I am sorry about the many injustices and poor decisions which adversely affected our aboriginal brothers and sisters. I promise to work towards justice, empathy and healing.

As a 'first generation' Australian and the son of a Mother who survived the Nazi Holocaust and a Father who was interned as a Japanese Prisoner of War in Batavia, I can only begin to share in your pain. I offer my wholehearted apology to the first peoples of this nation and live in hope that The Uluru Statement from the Heart, which outlines the path forward for recognising Indigenous Australians, is enshrined in the nation's constitution.

In solidarity with survivors. I hope we can come together as a nation through the Uluru Statement of the Heart.

As a beneficiary of the actions of my forebears, I cannot escape respoonsibility for the gross injustices done to the indigenous peoples of this country. It is a wound both deep and savage. I sincerely apologize for the hardships that recently arrived Australians have heaped upon the country's original inhabitant. I will continue to work to try provide some balancing reparation. John H. Roberts

I sincerely apologise for the vast injustices of the past and for the hurt caused to Aboriginal people. I promise to work towards justice and healing for Australia's First Nations people.

It has been heartbreaking to learn of the past events that have caused a tsunami of pain and suffering for the First Nations people. Sadly, it continues today and I apologize for what has happened in the past and is happening and strongly believe there is a better future if we can embrace each other. I will pledge to help the Indigenous and Torres Strait Islanders and support restoration, reconciliation and rehabilitation for them where possible.

It has been heartbreaking to learn of the past events that have caused a tsunami of pain and suffering for the First Nations people. Sadly, it continues today and I apologize for what has happened in the past and is happening and strongly believe there is a better future if we can embrace each other. I will pledge to help the Indigenous and Torres Strait Islanders and support restoration, reconciliation and rehabilitation for them where possible.

Always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land.
I hope the injustices of the past can be remedied by the actions of the future.
Sorry.

I am deeply sorry for the cruelty and injustice suffered by so many families and generations. Words are not enough to say sorry for the pain, the losses, the damage. May this never be repeated.

I am sorry for the unjust circumstances of the past, and I will do my effort to talk and act against any form of future inequality and oppression that resulted in such indigenous suffering.

I am sorry for all the injustices and cruelties that have been inflicted upon Indigenous Australians and acknowledge the importance that the university and we who work there can make to stand up beside all indigenous young people and give them a positive pathway and a true partnership.

Words are not adequate. Sorry is a good start and I hope it is soon followed up by more actions to address ongoing inequalities and injustices for First Nations people.

I am deeply sorry for the pain and generational trauma that Indigenous Australians have endured since settlement, and for the injustices that continue. I hope that as a community, we can do all we can to make amends, close the gap and achieve reconciliation.

As a new citizen of Australia, I am only just beginning to learn of the complex and traumatic recent history of this great land. I am sorry for the past injustices that Indigenous Australians have suffered. The rich culture and history of our First Nations people is truly inspiring - from their environmental stewardship of our beautiful country to the rich stories handed down from generation to generation. Sadly, I know that many of the past injustices continue today and that we share a responsibility to do better, and to ensure all Australians live in a just and equitable society.

I am sincerely sorry for the pain and suffering that you continue to undergo. I hope that indigenous and non-indigenous people here can work together for a better future and that your current and future generations can heal.

The dimensions of suffering and survival of that suffering (past and present) by indigenous/first nations peoples in Australia is with me everyday in some form or another. I am grateful for this chance to say "I am sorry", though I wish these words could carry all the practical and spiritual remediations that indigenous peoples identify are most needed.

I offer my profound apologies for the history of white settlement and the impacts on the indigenous community, for our lack of acknowledgement of that for so long, and the denial of the ongoing impacts. I acknowledge and feel the loss of what the indigenous way of life, dreamtime stories and thinking may give to us today to help resolve so many problems of our making.

I am deeply sorry for the treatment of and pain and trauma caused to Indigenous Australia that has pervaded our history and continues in the present day. It always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.

My heart is heavy with sadness for the injustice, pain and suffering that was imposed on the indigenous people of Australia by the European settlers. I am so very sorry that your ancestors lived through such a horrible time in history. I am so very sorry that the present generation has had to live with the consequences of the cruel, unspeakable offences that the European settlers had committed to their ancestors. We cannot erase or change the past, but I have hope for this generation and all the future generations that we treat one another with the utmost respect and love in our hearts. I am sorry and I am hopeful.

The suffering and loss experienced by the Stolen Generation cannot be taken back, but our society must acknowledge this appalling loss and do everything to make amends. I offer my heartfelt sympathy to those affected for the crimes committed against them. May the healing process proceed with energy and commitment from all.

As a migrant to this country 46 years ago, I was more welcomed to Australia by Aboriginal and Torres Strait families (through Indigenous children at my school, who welcomed me and my family into their social networks) than by white Australians, and came to experience the importance of family and friendships to Indigenous communities. It is a national shame that we have no treaty with the First People of this country, or that the Stolen Generation has not been addressed comprehensively. In fact, we continue to see "interventions" imposed by white Australians onto Indigenous communities, and children incarcerated and abused in our systems. I am sorry, and hope that as a country we can address this injustice.

Your pain should be our pain too. I am sorry for what you had to go through, and I promise I will do my best to stand up for any injustice against you.

I cannot begin to fathom the the level of trauma inflicted by past decisions. With great sorrow and regret I acknowledge the consequences this has had on past, present and future generations. I believe we still have much work to do on several fronts, and I hope that justice and equity for all is something which happens in my lifetime.

I am sorry for the past and present injustice that Indigenous Australians have suffered. I respect your resilience and determination to improve things for future generations on your terms. Your rich culture and history is one if the great untapped resources of our nation. You are an important voice and deserve to be heard. I stand beside you in support.

I provide my heartfelt apology as a social worker for the part played by my profession in the history of the Stolen Generation.
I pledge my support for the future of my profession and personally to support best outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, community members and friends. I say sorry for the wrongs of the past and present and am dedicated to the possibilities of the future. Deborah Boswell

I stand in respect and admiration of the spirit, knowledge and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the first Australians. I am deeply sorry for the hurt caused by past government policies and the assumptions and ignorance that continue this harm. I want to see an Australia that is committed to the process of truth, acknowledgement of these harms and reconciliation for the future of our communities.

We can and must do better to recognise the injustices perpetrated on Australia's First Peoples since European settlement

At this time I reflect on the profound injustices of Australia's colonial past, along with the great heroism of the first Australians who attempted to protect and defend their homeland against the European invasion. I am sorry for the continuing impact this history has on our community, and I believe that we should make good for these injustices.

Most of us can never imagine what it would be like to have our children taken from us. To not know what became of them. Im so very sorry that this ever happened. Lets make sure we all work together to help ensure a better more just society going forward for all people.

We can do better to support indigenous peoples and in creating fair and just relationships. I stand in presence of your pain.

I am sorry that terra nullius was used to justify the dispossession of the original inhabitants of this country and still forms the basis to all land law in Australia. I believe that for a fair and inclusive society that where rights have been taken away and where damage has been done, reparations need to be made and this needs to be done proactively. I believe we need a new legal framework or treaty to enshrine these rights going forward.

I write to record my sorrow for past and present injustices and to pledge to help when opportunities arise.

I offer my heartfelt apologies for the injustices inflicted upon Indigenous Australians as a result of European invasion. I wish to record my desire for Reconciliation and my wish to commit myself to a better future for Indigenous Australians, along with all inhabitants of this land. I also record my desire to see a greater and respectful understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage. - John Napier

As a nation, we must do better to recognise the injustices perpetrated since European settlement. Much respect to to Elders past, present and emerging.

As a mother, I can only imagine the pain and trauma experienced by the children and families of the Stolen Generations. I am so, so, sorry and feel ashamed of this history. I hope to learn more about our indigenous culture and history, and that more is done today to ensure all Indigenous peoples have access to the same opportunities as non-Indigenous Australians.