A handful of sand: the Gurindji struggle, after the walk-off

Fifty years ago, a group of striking Aboriginal stockmen in the remote Northern Territory of Australia herald a revolution in the cattle industry and a massive shift in Aboriginal affairs. A Handful of Sand tells the story behind the Gurindji people's famous Wave Hill Walk-off in 1966, and ques...

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Main Author: Ward, Charlie 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Clayton, Victoria Monash University Publishing [2016]
Series:Australian history
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Online Access:KUBA1
Summary:Fifty years ago, a group of striking Aboriginal stockmen in the remote Northern Territory of Australia herald a revolution in the cattle industry and a massive shift in Aboriginal affairs. A Handful of Sand tells the story behind the Gurindji people's famous Wave Hill Walk-off in 1966, and questions the meaning of the return of their land by Gough Whitlam in 1975
Item Description:Description based on print version record
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxxii, 352 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781925377187

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