Australian Hall
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The Australian Hall is a heritage-listed community building located at 150–152 Elizabeth Street, in the Sydney central business district, in New South Wales, Australia. It was the site of the Day of M
Australian Hall
William Cooper
Poster promoting the Day of Mourning, 1938
A blackboard displayed outside the hall proclaims, "Day of Mourning"
Jack Patten
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John Thomas Patten was an Aboriginal Australian civil rights activist and journalist. He was a co-founder of the Aborigines Progressive Association and led some of the first organised Aboriginal prote
Australian Hall
…the Aboriginal Advancement League (AAL). Key founders of these organisations included William Cooper, Doug Nicholls, Margaret Tucker, William Ferguson, Jack Patten and Pearl Gibbs. The key members of both these organisations shared common life experiences; they grew up on missions or reserves controlled by protection…
Patten (standing) with William Cooper at the Day of Mourning in 1938