<P> Day of Mourning protests have been held on Australia Day ever since 1938 . However, in recent years, other counter-protests held on 26 January, such as Invasion Day and Survival Day, have been more prominent in Australia . </P> <P> In 1998, a reenactment of the original Day of Mourning was held to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the protest . About four hundred protesters marched in silence along the original route of the march . Descendants of the original protesters read their speeches, and the ten main grievances in the Congress' manifesto were re-affirmed . The reenactment was accompanied by a campaign to protect the Australian Hall, the location of the 1938 Congress . The Government of New South Wales had placed a conservation order on it, but exceptions to the order allowed everything but the façade to be demolished . The building is now permanently protected . </P>

Who was involved in the aboriginal day of mourning