Dictionary of Sydney

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Aborigines Progressive Association

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

Milestone
Formed
1937
Dissolved
1944
Position
1937
1937
1963 - 1970
Type

Aborigines Progressive Association

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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.