For many Indigenous Australians, today marks the 75th anniversary of the fight for Aboriginal rights and recognition.
In 1938, a large group of Aboriginal people gathered in Sydney at a protest they called The Day of Mourning.
The Indigenous demonstrators demanded full citizen rights and equality, and the protest was the beginning of the organised Aboriginal civil rights movement.
Today, 225 years after the First Fleet arrived, the Aboriginal and Australian Flags have flown together on top of Sydney Harbour Bridge for the first time.
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