Jack Patten

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John Thomas Patten , called Jack Patten , (born March 27, 1904 in the Cummeragunja Mission in New South Wales , † October 12, 1957 in Melbourne in Victoria ) was an Australian activist of the Aborigines .

Life

Patten was the son of John Thomas Patten and his wife Christina Mary, who served in the Cummeragunja Mission in New South Wales. After finishing mission school, Patten attended schools in Tumbarumba and West Wyalong . He applied unsuccessfully to the Royal Australian Navy and worked in the Sydney city ​​council . He left this in 1927 to earn his living as a boxer. He married Selina Avery, an Aborigine of the Bundjalung , in 1931 and had seven children with her.

Politician

In the 1930s, Patten became known as a speaker and organizer for Aboriginal rights. He spoke frequently at meetings, as did Pearl Gibbs and Tom Foster . Patten and William Ferguson published the manuscript, Aboriginal Claim Citizenship Rights , and they organized the Day of Mourning protest in 1938 . When he came to the Cummeragunja Mission in February 1939, where Aborigines carried out the first mass strike, the manager of the mission denied him entry. He was then briefly detained.

He was a co-founder and member of the Aboriginal Progressive Association and was a member of the delegation that met the Prime Minister of Australia.

Patten published the first monthly magazine Abo Call , which only appeared in six editions from April to September 1938 and was then discontinued due to lack of money.

Patten died in Melbourne in October 1957 after a car accident.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Patten, John Thomas (Jack) (1905–1957) . In: Australian Dictionary of Biography . Australian National University. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
  2. ^ The Australian Abo Call: the voice of the Aborigines . State Library of New South Wales. Archived from the original on November 12, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 27, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sl.nsw.gov.au
  3. ↑ Jack Patten . In: Collaborating for Indigenous Rights . National Museum of Australia. Retrieved March 27, 2010.

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personal data
SURNAME Patten, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Patten, John Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Aboriginal political leader
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Cummeragunja Mission , New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1957
Place of death Melbourne , Victoria