John Thomas Patten (27 March 1905 – 12 October 1957) was an Aboriginal Australian civil rights activist and journalist. He was a co-founder of the Aborigines Progressive Association and led some of the first organised Aboriginal protests, including the Day of Mourning in 1938 and the Cummeragunja walk-off of 1939.

John Thomas (Jack) Patten (1905-1957), Aboriginal leader, was born on 27 March 1905 at Moama, New South Wales, eldest of six children of John Thomas Patten, labourer and later police tracker, and his wife Christina Mary, née Middleton.

Jack Patten was one of the great Aboriginal leaders of the 20th century and set the agenda for the civil rights movement in Australia. The Yorta Yorta man spoke out against Aboriginal inequality with such vigour that his words resounded across the land.

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Jan 27, 2025 · EXCLUSIVE: Jack Patten is quickly making a name for himself in Hollywood. The Australian actor, a 2023 graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney, has landed his first TV role,...

Feb 29, 2016 · John Thomas Patten (28 March, 1905 – 12 October, 1957) was an Australian Aboriginal leader, professional boxer, journalist and civil rights activist. Early Life. John Thomas Patten was born March 28, 1905, at Cummeragunja, an Aboriginal reserve situated near Moama on the New South Wales side of the Murray River.

Jan 27, 2025 · Australian actor Jack Patten will take on the title character despite his debut on-screen role on Netflix's War Machine not being out for months yet. There aren't even official photos of him, just a YouTube video from his time studying at The National Institute of …

In 1937 Gibbs joined fellow activists William Ferguson and Jack Patten in the Aborigines Progressive Association, a newly created organization dedicated to ending discrimination against Aboriginal people. She became a public speaker on issues important to women and children and wrote articles for newspapers.

Jan 28, 2025 · Australian newcomer Jack Patten will play everyone’s favorite man in tights! And when we say he is new on the scene, we mean it. He just graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney in 2023, and this will be his first role on the small screen.

112 years ago on 27 March a prominent Indigenous activist was born. This week we remember journalist, advocate and boxer - Jack Patten, who was the founding father of modern Aboriginal political actions.