Day of Mourning 1938

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1938 Day of Mourning Ten Point Plan The petition presented to PM by the APA APA Aborigines Progressive Association Jack Patten Formed the APA William Cooper Founded the Australian Aborigines League Australia Hall Where the Day of Mourning Conference took place What the APA demanded in their Ten Point Plan Equal education, labour laws, workers’ compensation and insurance, old age pensions and invalid pensions. 1938 Sesquicentenary 150th anniversary of British 'settlement' NAIDOC Week National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee Aboriginal Sunday the Sunday before January 26 - a day for Christians to act in solidarity with Aboriginal peoples and the injustices being experienced.