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Jack Patten (John Thomas Patten) was born on 27 March, 1905 in Cummeragunja Aboriginal Reserve, New South Wales, is an Aboriginal Australian activist. Discover Jack Patten's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 52 years old?

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Age 52 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 27 March 1905
Birthday 27 March
Birthplace Cummeragunja Aboriginal Reserve, New South Wales
Date of death 12 October, 1957
Died Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality Australia

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1905

John Thomas Patten (27 March 1905 – 12 October 1957) was an Aboriginal Australian civil rights activist and journalist.

John Patten was born in 1905 to John James Patten and Christina Mary Patten, née Middleton, at Cummeragunja Reserve, an Aboriginal reserve in New South Wales.

Patten was educated at public schools in Tumbarumba and West Wyalong, and attended high school at West Wyalong.

Following high school, Patten was unsuccessful in joining the Navy and worked for the Sydney Municipal Council.

To make ends meet he occasionally worked as a boxer.

1930

During the 1930s he became an experienced organiser and public speaker, speaking regularly on Aboriginal rights at the Domain on Sunday afternoons, along with other Aboriginal activists such as Pearl Gibbs and Tom Foster.

1931

While boxing at Casino in 1931, Patten married Selina Avery.

1937

In 1937, Patten co-founded the Aborigines Progressive Association with William Ferguson.

1938

As President of the APA Patten organised the 1938 Day of Mourning protest, and led an APA delegation to meet with Joseph Lyons, the Prime Minister.

The delegation presented Lyons with Patten and Ferguson's manifesto Aborigines Claim Citizenship Rights, which included Patten's 10-point plan for citizenship rights for Aboriginal people.

In April 1938, Patten established a short-lived monthly newspaper, The Abo Call, the first such Aboriginal-focused publication of its kind.

Due to the Depression however, it folded in September 1938 after six issues due to a shortage of funds.

1939

On 4 February 1939 Patten visited Cummeragunja at the request of his father, John Patten Snr, who was a resident on the station.

Patten addressed a large gathering of the station's residents in relation to the deteriorating conditions and the intimidation to which the residents were being subjected to under the government appointed manager, Arthur McQuiggan.

Patten raised the subject of New South Wales government plans for the removal of Aboriginal children and gave clarity to the station's residents regarding their rights.

Patten convinced a majority of the station's residents to leave Cummeragunja, in an event which would come to be known as the Cummeragunja walk-off.

Patten was then arrested for "inciting Aborigines".

Throughout 1939 Patten led a campaign for Aboriginal people to be able to serve in the Australian armed forces.

Previously, Aboriginal people had served in every major Australian conflict, but were required to provide proof that they were of substantial non-Aboriginal ancestry.

Following a successful campaign, Patten enlisted in the Australian Army, serving with the 2nd AIF in the Middle East.

1942

He was discharged in 1942, returning home with a knee badly damaged by shrapnel.

1957

Patten died in hospital in October 1957 after being involved in a motor vehicle accident in Fitzroy in Melbourne.