Aborigines Progressive Association

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The Aborigines Progressive Association was an early 20th-century Australian Aboriginal civil rights organization that campaigned for citizenship rights, land justice, and an end to discriminatory policies.

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instanceOf Aboriginal rights organization ⓘ
civil rights organization ⓘ
political advocacy group ⓘ
activePeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
advocatedFor abolition of the New South Wales Aborigines Protection Board ⓘ
end to child removal policies ⓘ
equal wages for Aboriginal workers ⓘ
federal control of Aboriginal affairs ⓘ
full citizenship rights for Aboriginal people ⓘ
land restitution for Aboriginal communities ⓘ
coOrganizedWith Australian Aborigines League ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
ethnicFocus Aboriginal Australians ⓘ
founded 1937 ⓘ
foundedBy Bill Onus ⓘ
Jack Patten ⓘ
John Patten ⓘ
linked to: Jack Patten

Margaret Tucker ⓘ
Pearl Gibbs ⓘ
Tom Foster ⓘ
William Ferguson ⓘ
headquartersLocation Sydney ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the first Aboriginal‑led civil rights organizations in Australia ⓘ
played a key role in the early Aboriginal rights movement in Australia ⓘ
ideology Aboriginal self‑determination ⓘ
anti‑assimilation ⓘ
inspiredBy Fred Maynard ⓘ
location New South Wales ⓘ
notableMember Bill Onus ⓘ
Jack Patten ⓘ
Margaret Tucker ⓘ
Pearl Gibbs ⓘ
William Ferguson ⓘ
organized Day of Mourning ⓘ
Day of Mourning and Protest ⓘ
organizedEventOn Day of Mourning 26 January 1938 ⓘ
published The Abo Call ⓘ
pamphlets on Aboriginal rights ⓘ
purpose campaign for Aboriginal civil rights ⓘ
campaign for citizenship rights for Aboriginal people ⓘ
campaign for land rights for Aboriginal people ⓘ
end protectionist control over Aboriginal lives ⓘ
oppose discriminatory policies against Aboriginal people ⓘ
secure equal rights under Australian law ⓘ
submittedPetitionTo King George VI ⓘ
linked to: George VI

Prime Minister of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Prime Minister
usedMethod lobbying ⓘ
media campaigns ⓘ
petitions ⓘ
protests ⓘ
public meetings ⓘ

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Day of Mourning → organizedBy → Aborigines Progressive Association ⓘ
Day of Mourning → organizedBy → Australian Aborigines League ⓘ
linked to: Aborigines Progressive Association
National Day of Mourning (1938) → organizedBy → Aborigines Progressive Association ⓘ
Australian Aborigines League → collaboratedWith → Aborigines Progressive Association ⓘ
Pearl Gibbs → memberOf → Aborigines Progressive Association ⓘ
The Abo Call → publisher → Aboriginal Progressive Association ⓘ
linked to: Aborigines Progressive Association