Protest held on the sesquicentenary of the founding of Sydney, to highlight the Aboriginal suffering that resulted from the European invasion.
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26 Jan 1938
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The Aborigines Progressive Association had a leading role in organising the Day of Mourning on Australia Day 1938, and worked for full citizenship rights for Aboriginal people until the mid-1940s.