Day of Mourning (Australia)
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The Day of Mourning was a protest held by Aboriginal Australians on 26 January 1938, the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet and the British colonisation of Australia. It was held to d
Proclamation of the Day of Mourning.
A blackboard displayed outside Australian Hall proclaims, "Day of Mourning", 1938
Patten (right) moving the resolution of protest, next to Cooper (seated)
Front page of the first edition of The Australian Abo Call
The Australian Aborigines' League was established in Melbourne, Australia, in 1933 by William Cooper and others, including Margaret Tucker, Eric Onus, Anna and Caleb Morgan, and Shadrach James. Cooper
William Cooper was a founder of the AAL
