T he 1938 Day of Mourning was a turning point in the history of Australia and Aboriginal activism. It showed white Australians that Aboriginal people, far from being members of an uneducated ...

SYDNEY, July 31, /ITAR-TASS/. Australia’s government has declared August 7 a day of national mourning for the victims of the Boeing 777 jet crash, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on ...

marking the beginning of European Colonisation of Australia. And it's a day of great pain and mourning for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The decades of colonial violence ...

January 26 is Australia's national day and the date ... For some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it's a day of mourning and protest. Changing attitudes towards January 26 have ...

Australians are paying tribute to the Queen with a Day of Mourning - a one-off bank holiday. The Queen visited Australia 16 times during her reign, leaving plenty of memorable moments along the way.