Aboriginal social and political affairs of 1938, especially the Day of Mourning meeting, January 1938 and the Prime Ministers deputation

The next week, on January 31, 1938, about 20 delegates met with Prime Minister Joseph Lyons, Wife's Enid, and John McEwan Interior Minister (department responsible for Northern Territory's indigenous peoples). . Propose a proposed national policy for indigenous people. Among the missions is John Patten, William Ferguson, D. Mrs. Anderson, Helen Grosvenor, Pearl Gibbs and her mother and Tom Foster

They requested the Commonwealth to manage all territorial issues and establish another Ministry of Territorial Affairs, at least three of whom were indigenous peoples nominated by the Institute for Advancement Advancement, all indigenous peoples and equivalent Caucasian Australians Met. Education equality, labor law, compensation for workers, pension, citizenship including land ownership and wages. According to the Constitution, Lyon replied that federal control is impossible.

"You are a white man waking up on an anniversary and being proud of everything you do ... but you were not thinking about indigenous broken hearts, is it a mourning day for them? How many Caucasians - the men and women's country is to help my people, indigenous people? Aborigines are currently addressing this issue and demanding citizenship seeking citizenship in their own country He is not stupid but ridiculous. "

Three months after the day of mourning, the first issue of Abo phone in Australia appeared in the newsstand. It has been edited by Jack Patten and continues to claim rights and equality of indigenous peoples, claiming that the publication is "the voice of indigenous people". The first question says:

"Abo Call" is our own paper. From the viewpoint of the indigenous people themselves, the case of [A] Borisine has been established.

Abo Call in Australia reports about the harsh living environment facing many indigenous peoples and is trying to eliminate the concept of peaceful European colonial rule. Unfortunately, the lifetime of Abo made by Australia is short, only 6 from April 1938 to September 1938.

On January 26, 1938, the country celebrated Australia Day, indigenous peoples celebrated National Day. This day shows the victory and evolution of the country, but for the indigenous people this is the day they lost their land, rights and freedom. Indigenous peoples discussed their unfair treatment, protested to obtain equal rights and full citizenship, and held meetings with the government. No adjustment has been made by 1951. This year, attempts to change indigenous people to Europeans were made more subtle. Indigenous peoples were incorporated into assimilation policy. The assimilation policy encourages indigenous peoples to accept European customs and for the first time they can maintain their own culture and tradition before they do.

Five days after the day of mourning, William Ferguson and John Patten led the indigenous delegation and met with Prime Minister Joseph Lyon. It is the first time that the prime minister accepted indigenous delegations. They proposed a 10 item plan to establish equality of indigenous peoples in Lyon. Some of the points raised are federal buying proposals for indigenous problems, educational aid, housing, indigenous work conditions and improvements to land purchase and social welfare issues (Mourning Day, 2012).

The three main events that focused on this incident were the "Day of Mourning in 1938", "Freeride in 1965", and "Tent Embassy in 1972". When these activities first took place in 1938, it was a mourning day. On the day the British resolved the 150th anniversary of Australia, an organized land rights movement was established. The day the British celebrated. The Aboriginal group did not celebrate, but organized meetings and protests at the Sydney Australia Hall and planned to march from the city hall (rights and freedom, 1945 - present, nd)