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'Fifty years ago, the Gurindji people of the Northern Territory made their name across Australia with the 1966 Wave Hill Walk-Off. It was a landmark event that inspired national change: equal wages for Aboriginal workers, as well as a new land rights act. Although it took another two decades, the Gurindji also became one of the first Aboriginal groups to reclaim their traditional lands. ...'
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https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-the-untold-story-behind-the-1966-wave-hill-walk-off-62890
Friday Essay : The Untold Story behind the 1966 Wave Hill Walk-Off
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Subjects:
- From Little Things Big Things Grow 2008 single work picture book
- Yijarni : True Stories from Gurindji Country 2016 selected work prose
- Daguragu / Kalkaringi / Wave Hill, Victoria River area, Central Northern Territory, Northern Territory,
- 1966
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