President Patten (right) reads the resolution, "We , representing the ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA... on the 150th Anniversary of the whitemen's siezure of our country, HEREBY MAKE PROTEST against the callous treatment of our people... AND WE APPEAL to the Australian Nation of to-day... for FULL CITIZEN STATUS and EQUALITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY."

Source: Man Magazine, March 1938, p.85