William Ferguson was an Aboriginal Australian leader.
William Ferguson
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
William Ferguson (Australian Aboriginal leader)
…on the administration of the Aborigines Protection Act (which failed to initiate any reform). With William Cooper and John Patten, he organised a Day of Mourning for Aboriginal people on Australia Day 1938. Aborigines Claim Citizen Rights! was the pamphlet that he wrote with Patten to promote their cause. He…
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