I was born in Alice Springs in 1973. My mother could not suckle me due to post-delivery issues (she has never forgiven me :p), nd I was suckled by the ladies of the Todd River - several, apparently. My father was the pilot for the TAA subsidiary, QLD and NT Aerial Medical Services - more or less today's RFDS. I grew up with aborigines. I have respect for those in the bush, as they are sincerely good folk!
My family have been farmers/settlers in QLD and Tasmania since first settlement. The Hobart suburb of Rosetta is named after my descendant, Rosetta Heckscher (or Hunsley - I can't remember which as both were in Hobart! Yes, we had MANY first settlers in our family and First Fleeters too - the good and the bad
).
Do I feel the need, as a descendant of these "invaders" to apologise? No. Did my family partake in the genocide of the Tasmanian Aborigines? I have no way of knowing! Is it pertinent to my life today? No.
History is rife with mistakes. We can't change it, and apologising certainly won't.