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1924 - North West - view
Aboriginal activism is spearheaded by a Worimi man from Port Stephens
1924 - North West - view
Aborigines voice their disapproval through street rallies, meetings and conferences, the media, letters and petitions to government and the King about injustice and inequality
1924 - North West - view
Maynard’s capacity to inspire an audience alarms the authorities and he is denied the right to speak on Aboriginal reserves. The APB seeks to stop Aboriginal protest by silencing the AAPA
1925 - South Coastal - view
expelled from reserves
1926 - South Coastal - view
La Perouse reserve revoked and it's residents moved
1926 - South Coastal - view
repossessed by the Catholic Church
1927 - South Coastal - view
joining the Aborigines Progressive Association
1927 - North West - view
Aboriginal activism for equal rights. Fred Maynard, leader of the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association writes a letter of protest to the NSW Premier seeking equal citizen, land and management of the self rights
1927 - North West - view
The request made by this Association for sufficient land for each eligible family is justly based. The Australian people are the original owners of this land and have a prior right over all other people in this respect
1928 - West - view
Maynard spoke and wrote passionately and insightfully about the injustices and atrocities committed against Aboriginal people
1928 - South Coastal - view
removed by Welfare
1928 - North West - view
“Our own city of Newcastle has set an example to the whole Commonwealth by reason of the constant agitation and maintenance during many years by a local organisation for the betterment of the conditions prevailing amongst the Aboriginal section of the community
1928 - North West - view
Coniston Massacre in the Northern Territory
1929 - North West - view
Compulsory voting is introduced in NSW
1929 - North West - view
Aboriginal resistance in NSW
1930 - North West - view
throwing boomerangs at the old “Koala Park” paddocks
1930 - North West - view
BHP in Newcastle/Hunter Valley attracted “lots of mobs” to the region by making many industrial jobs available and paying equal wages to Aboriginal workers
1930 - North West - view
The number of Aboriginal people living on the government reserve at Purfleet increases dramatically during the 1930s