National Day of Mourning (1938)

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Aboriginal civil rights protest historical event political protest

The National Day of Mourning (1938) was a landmark Aboriginal civil rights protest in Australia, held on the 150th anniversary of British colonization to condemn the dispossession and mistreatment of Indigenous peoples.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Aboriginal civil rights protest ⓘ historical event ⓘ political protest ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Day of Mourning ⓘ surface form: Day of Mourning and Protest
country	Australia ⓘ
date	1938-01-26 ⓘ
location	New South Wales ⓘ Sydney ⓘ
organizedBy	Aborigines Progressive Association ⓘ Australian Aborigines League ⓘ Doug Nicholls ⓘ Eric Onus ⓘ George Patten ⓘ Isaac Ingram ⓘ Jack Johnson ⓘ Jack Kinchela ⓘ Jack Patten ⓘ Jacko Campbell ⓘ Margaret Tucker ⓘ Paster Cooper ⓘ Pearl Gibbs ⓘ Tom Foster ⓘ William Cooper ⓘ William Ferguson ⓘ William Onus ⓘ

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