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AUSTRALIAN
Fix this textAborigines Conference
Fix this textSESQUI-CENTENARY
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Fix this textTHE AUSTRALIAN HALL, SYDNEY
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Fix this textWEDNESDAY, 26th JANUARY, 1938
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Fix this textThe Conference will assemble at 10 o’clock in the morning.
Fix this textABORIGINES AND PERSONS OF ABORIGINAL
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Fix this textThe following Resolution will be moved:
Fix this text“WE, representing THE ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA, assembled in Conference at the Australian
Fix this textHall, Sydney, on the 26th day of January, 1938, this being the 150th Anniversary of the whitemen’s
Fix this textseizure of our country, HEREBY MAKE PROTEST against the callous treatment of our people by
Fix this textthe whitemen during the past 150 years, AND WE APPEAL to the Australian Nation of today to
Fix this textmake new laws for the education and care of Aborigines, and we ask for a new policy which will raise
Fix this textour people to FULL CITIZEN STATUS and EQUALITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY”
Fix this textThe above resolution will be debated and voted upon, as the sole business of the Conference, which
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Fix this textTO ALL AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES ! PLEASE COME TO THIS
Fix this textCONFERENCE IF YOU POSSIBLY CAN ! ALSO SEND WORD BY
Fix this textLETTER TO NOTIFY US IF YOU CAN ATTEND
Fix this textSigned, for and on behalf of
Fix this textTHE ABORIGINES PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION,
Fix this textJ. T. PATTEN, President
Fix this textW. FERGUSON, Organising Secretary.
Fix this textAddress: c/o. Box 1924KK, General Post Office, Sydney
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Patten, J. T, Ferguson, W and Aborigines Progressive Association. Australian Aborigines Conference : sesqui-centenary Day of Mourning and Protest to be held in the Australian Hall, Sydney ... on Wednesday, 26th January 1938 (Australia Day) ... : Aborigines and persons of Aboriginal blood only are invited to attend Sydney: Aboriginal Progressive Association, 1938. Web. 12 April 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-348899812>
Patten, J. T & Ferguson, W & Aborigines Progressive Association. 1938, Australian Aborigines Conference : sesqui-centenary Day of Mourning and Protest to be held in the Australian Hall, Sydney ... on Wednesday, 26th January 1938 (Australia Day) ... : Aborigines and persons of Aboriginal blood only are invited to attend Aboriginal Progressive Association, Sydney viewed 12 April 2025 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-348899812
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