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Day of Mourning: Australia Hall, Sydney, 1938

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On 26 January 1938 a day of mourning was arranged by the Aborigines Progressive Association to protest 'the callous treatment of our people by the whitemen during the past 150 years'.

Source: Audio Visual Archive, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra

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Day of Mourning