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Lousy Little Sixpence begins with the testimonies of survivors of the Stolen Generations who were born in the early 1900s. Later, the film documents the work of Jack Patten and the Aborigines Progressive Association in the 1930s, and ends with the Day of Mourning on 26 January 1938, which marked 150 years of European settlement in Australia.
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 draw attention to the poor treatment of Aboriginal people and entrenched racial discrimination.
The New Deal for Aborigines (or Aboriginal New Deal) was a landmark Australian federal government policy statement on Indigenous Australians.The policy was announced in December 1938 by interior minister John McEwen and detailed in a white paper released in February 1939.
William Ferguson (24 July 1882 – 4 January 1950) was an Aboriginal Australian leader. [ 1 ] He was born at Darlington Point , Waddi , New South Wales , growing up near the Warengesda Mission near Cootamundra and, from 14 years after leaving school, worked with his father as a shearer , then labourer and mailman in the west of the State.
The acronym NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. [2] [3] [a] NAIDOC Week has its roots in the 1938 Day of Mourning, becoming a week-long event in 1975. NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia.
In 1938 it joined the New South Wales-based Aborigines Progressive Association in staging a Day of Mourning on Australia Day (26 January) in Sydney to draw attention to the treatment of Aborigines and to demand full citizenship and equal rights. [1] Mr. W.
Wangaratta Courthouse, built in 1938 "Tea, Australia's national drink" from Sesquicentenary Manufacturers Parade, Sydney, 1938. 26 January – Australia officially celebrates its sesquicentennial, the 150th anniversary of European settlement. Unofficially, it is a Day of Mourning for Indigenous Australians.
The organisers distributed approximately 2,000 leaflets and posters advertising the Day of Mourning which advised that "Aborigines and persons of Aboriginal blood only are invited to attend". The organisers were denied permission to hold the Day of Mourning in Sydney Town Hall, but were able to rent the Australia Hall at 150-152 Elizabeth ...
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