Aborigines Progressive Association
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Proclamation of the Day of Mourning.
In 1938 the APA organised the Day of Mourning on Australia Day of that year to protest the lack of basic human rights available to Aborigines.
Jack Patten (1904 - 1957) was an Australian Aboriginal leader and activist. He was born at Cummeroogunja Aboriginal Mission and settled at La Perouse in 1928.
Unlike many Aboriginal people at the time, Patten attended high school and became an experienced organiser and
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Unlike many Aboriginal people at the time, Patten attended high school and became an experienced organiser and
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New South Wales
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Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State
Motto(s): "Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites"
(Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine)
Other Australian states and territories
Capital Sydney
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Flag Coat of Arms
Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State
Motto(s): "Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites"
(Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine)
Other Australian states and territories
Capital Sydney
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Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. The term includes both the Torres Strait Islanders and the Aboriginal People, who together make up about 2.5% of Australia's population.
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Pearl Gibbs (1901 — 1983) was an Aboriginal Australian activist, and the most prominent female activist within the Aboriginal movement in the early 20th century. She was a member of the Aborigines Progressive Association (APA), and was involved with various protest events
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Day of Mourning was a day of protest held by Aboriginal Australians on 26 January 1938, the sesquicentenary of British colonisation of Australia. It was declared to be a celebration of 150 years of "theft and genocide", and was designed to stand in contrast to the Australia Day
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Australia Day is Australia's official national day, 26 January. It commemorates the landing of the First Fleet in Sydney Cove on that day in 1788.
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History
26 January 1788 was the date on which the First Fleet, under Captain Arthur Phillip arrived at Sydney Cove and set up..... Click the link for more information.
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