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30-October-2018
30-October-2018

Photographs supplied by Brenda Coughlan

The sculpture "Cherished Mother and Child" commemorates the apology made on behalf of the Australian Government by the Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the 21st of March 2013, to people affected by forced adoption or removal policies and practices, and the Victorian Parliamentary Apologies delivered by Premier Ted Baillieu and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan on the 25th of October 2012.

The sculpture was funded by Federal Government in conjunction with Independent Regional Mothers (Advocacy group) and Wellington Shire Council.

Location

Address:Marley Street, Victoria Park, Sale, 3853
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -38.108192
Long: 147.071654
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Sculpture
Monument Theme:Culture
Sub-Theme:Community
Actual Event Start Date:21-March-2013
Actual Event End Date:21-March-2013
Artist:Andrew Poppleton

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Friday 17th March, 2017
Front Inscription

  CHERISHED 
Mother And Child

Officially Unveiled By
Hon Darren Chester MP 
Federal Member For Gippsland

On Behalf Of Independent Regional Mothers On
17 March 2017

To Commemorate Prime Minister Julia Gillard`s National
Parliamentary Apology on 21 March 2013

"Today this Parliament on behalf of the Australian people takes responsibility and apologises for the forced separations of mothers from their babies that caused a life long legacy of pain and suffering : betrayed by a system that gave you no choice." 

And Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu and Deputy Premier Peter Ryan`s
Parliamentary apologies on 25 October 2012

"You were and are not to blame.  It was not your fault"

 

Source: MA
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