equality

these guys appear to have pride in the heritage unlike many of today's claimant's

Great generalisation, bojackking (sarcasm). Very useful.

Bit sad to have to apply for citizenship in your own country.

Jack Patten reads the resolution at the Day of Mourning Conference on 26 January 1938: "We, representing the Aborigines of Australia…on the 150th Anniversary of the whitemen’s seizure of our country, hereby make protest against the callous treatment of our people…and we appeal to the Australian nation of today…for full citizen status and equality within the community."

Took them until 1967 and a 10 year solid campaign to secure citizenship. The referendum vote at the time was 90% in favour.

Aborigines day of mourning, Sydney, 26 January 1938

For the first time, Australian Aborigines protested their treatment. "WE APPEAL to the Australian Nation of to-day ... for FULL CITIZEN STATUS and EQUALITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY"
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День скорби аборигенов Австралии, Сидней, 26 января 1938

Впервые австралийские аборигены протестовали против унизительного обращения с ними. "Мы призываем австралийскую нацию наших дней... ..предоставить полный гражданский статус и равенство в сообществе."

Left to right: William Ferguson, Jack Kinchela, Isaac Ingram, Doris Williams, Esther Ingram, Arthur Williams, Phillip Ingram, Louisa Agnes Ingram OAM holding daughter Olive Ingram, Jack Patten. unknown

August 6(?), 1913: Before the Suffragette Caravan left New York for Boston, pulled by a balky horse that the ladies had named "Asquith," (after the British prime minister, who also proved balky on the woman suffrage question) the participants (three British Suffragettes and an American Salvation Army colonel -- with tambourine) released several Boston homing pigeons, whose flight home was supposed to herald and precede their own arrival in that city. Here is a contemporary newspaper clipping about the event: www.elizabethfreeman.org/PDF/suffrage/bostonPigeons_big.pdf New York Tribune story about "Asquith," and the non-cooperation of New York Mayor William Jay Gaynor: www.elizabethfreeman.org/PDF/suffrage/nayBoston_big.pdf

Goddess bless these brave women who did what needed to be done. May we always remember their hard work and persistence, and their willingness to keep on fighting the good fight.

@Ann Arbor Deadhead: while you're at it, bless the memory of Ann Arbor's Olivia Bigelow Hall, land developer, public spirited citizen, namesake of Olivia Avenue, toiler in the vineyard of women's rights -- and a friend and supporter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Olivia Hall's papers, which include correspondence with those two illustrious women, are in the Library of Congress.

Wystan: Thanks for the additional information. We will expand the description when we update the record.

another picture from that event:

Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch (January 20, 1856 – November 20, 1940) was a notable American writer and suffragist and the daughter of pioneering women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriot_Eaton_Stanton_Blatch

Richard Arthur Norton: Thanks for your comment. This is indeed Harriot Stanton Blatch, so we will expand the description when we update the record.

Other LOC photos of Harriot Blatch and the New York suffrage parade: www.flickr.com/search/?q=Blatch&w=8623220@N02