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Day of Mourning poster 1938

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Day of Mourning poster 1938

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[a928402 / ML POSTERS 1612]

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Aboriginal politics to 1945 Aborigines Progressive Association Day of Mourning 1938

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Ferguson, William Patten, Jack

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Aboriginal politics to 1945

In the first half of the twentieth century, Aboriginal people in Sydney used all the tools of organised political protest to protect their land and their children. The depredations of the Aborigines Protection Board in the late nineteenth century inspired this political revolt.

Aborigines Progressive Association

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.

Day of Mourning 1938

Attended by Aboriginal activists from all over Australia, the Day of Mourning was the first national Aboriginal civil rights gathering.

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Demonstrations and protests

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Day of Mourning 1938

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Protest held on the sesquicentenary of the founding of Sydney, to highlight the Aboriginal suffering that resulted from the European invasion.

Australian Hall

Hall located at 150-52 Elizabeth Street used as a club and meeting place by a range of groups. In 1938 it was the venue for the 1938 Day of Mourning by the Aborigines Progressive Association.

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Aborigines Progressive Association

Aboriginal organisation that fought for equal rights for Aboriginal people from 1937.

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Patten, Jack

Aboriginal leader who often spoke on Aboriginal rights at the Domain each Sunday in the 1930s.

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Ferguson, William

Aboriginal political leader.

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Australia Day

Public holiday marking the landing of the first fleet in Port Jackson, celebrated in Sydney throughout the nineteenth century as Anniversary Day, and gradually taken up by other states after Federation. The public holiday has been held on 26 January nationwide since 1994.

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Sesquicentenary of European settlement of Australia 1938

Celebration of Australia Day to mark 150 years since the arrival of Governor Phillip and the First Fleet. It consisted of a re-enactment and flag-raising at Sydney Cove, followed by a pageant with 120 motorised floats.

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