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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
1930 - South Coastal - view
speak from a fruit box
1931 - South Coastal - view
organise a camp for unemployed Aboriginal workers
1932 - South Coastal - view
talk on politics
1933 - South Coastal - view
organises a strike
1934 - North West - view
William Cooper establishes the Australian Aborigines League in Melbourne
1934 - North West - view
Cooper also gathers signatures for a petition to the King to have an Aboriginal representative in the Lower House of Federal Parliament
1935 - South Coastal - view
Land Rights
1935 - South Coastal - view
landlords evicting tenants
1935 - North West - view
publishes a hymn book comprising hymns composed by “native workers
1937 - North West - view
William Cooper forwards his petition for Aboriginal representation in parliament, citizenship and land rights to Prime Minister Lyons for passing to King George V
1937 - North West - view
The government declines to forward it to the King after the 1938 Day of Mourning. (NAA)