Handful of Sand - The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-off

Ward, Charlie
Handful of Sand - The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-off

Handful of Sand - The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-off

Ward, Charlie

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Prime Ministers Literary Award 2017 shortlisted title - Australian history

Fifty years ago, a group of striking Aboriginal stockmen in the remote Northern Territory of Australia heralded a revolution in the cattle industry and a massive shift in Aboriginal affairs. Now, after many years of research, A Handful of Sand tells the story behind the Gurindji people's famous Wave Hill Walk-off in 1966 and questions the meanings commonly attributed to the return of their land by Gough Whitlam in 1975. Written with a sensitive, candid and perceptive hand, A Handful of Sand reveals the path Vincent Lingiari and other Gurindji elders took to achieve their land rights victory, and how their struggles in fact began, rather than ended, with Whitlam's handback.

Author:   Ward, Charlie
Publisher:   Monash University Publishing
ISBN:  

9781925377163


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   01 August 2016
Bind Format:   Paperback
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Prime Ministers Literary Award 2017 shortlisted title - Australian history

Fifty years ago, a group of striking Aboriginal stockmen in the remote Northern Territory of Australia heralded a revolution in the cattle industry and a massive shift in Aboriginal affairs. Now, after many years of research, A Handful of Sand tells the story behind the Gurindji people's famous Wave Hill Walk-off in 1966 and questions the meanings commonly attributed to the return of their land by Gough Whitlam in 1975. Written with a sensitive, candid and perceptive hand, A Handful of Sand reveals the path Vincent Lingiari and other Gurindji elders took to achieve their land rights victory, and how their struggles in fact began, rather than ended, with Whitlam's handback.

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Author:   Ward, Charlie
Publisher:   Monash University Publishing
ISBN:  

9781925377163


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   01 August 2016
Bind Format:   Paperback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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