Australian Hall, Sydney

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Australian Hall in Sydney is a historic building best known as the site of the 1938 Aboriginal Day of Mourning, a landmark event in the struggle for Indigenous rights in Australia.

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Australian Hall 1
Australian Hall, Sydney canonical 1

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Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf heritage-listed building ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
architecturalType urban hall building ⓘ
associatedWith Aboriginal rights movement in Australia ⓘ
Indigenous Australian activism ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of Aboriginal political organisation ⓘ
symbol of resistance to discriminatory policies ⓘ
eventDateAtSite 26 January 1938 ⓘ
eventLocation Aboriginal Day of Mourning ⓘ
linked to: Day of Mourning
hasCity Sydney ⓘ
hasFunction community gathering place ⓘ
political meeting venue ⓘ
hasName Australian Hall ⓘ
hasNation Australia ⓘ
hasState New South Wales ⓘ
heritageReason association with early Aboriginal civil rights movement ⓘ
role in national debate about Australia Day and Indigenous dispossession ⓘ
heritageStatus heritage-listed in New South Wales ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century Australian history ⓘ
knownFor 1938 Aboriginal Day of Mourning ⓘ
locatedIn New South Wales ⓘ
Sydney ⓘ
locatedOn Elizabeth Street, Sydney ⓘ
partOf urban fabric of central Sydney ⓘ
recognizedBy heritage conservation bodies in New South Wales ⓘ
significance important site in the struggle for Indigenous rights in Australia ⓘ
theme Indigenous rights ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
colonial legacy in Australia ⓘ
usedAs assembly venue ⓘ
meeting hall ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Day of Mourning → venue → Australian Hall, Sydney ⓘ
Australian Hall, Sydney → hasName → Australian Hall ⓘ
linked to: Australian Hall, Sydney