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Author: Charlie Ward
Published Date: 29 Aug 2016
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
Original Languages: English
Format: Paperback::400 pages
ISBN10: 1925377164
ISBN13: 9781925377163
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Dimension: 153x 234x 33mm::400g

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A new book traces what happened after the Wave Hill Walk-Off and this famous A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-Off, This book 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 Gough Whitlam in 1975. A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-off | Department of Communications and the Arts Buy A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-Off Charlie Ward from Boffins Books in Perth, Australia. Softcover, published in 2016 Monash Up. Gurindji were working for nothing but rations And through Vincent's fingers poured a handful of sand of hospitalisation in Darwin, led a walk-off of indigenous employees of Wave Hill as a protest against the work and pay conditions. Over the next eight year, support for Aboriginal rights grew as the struggle intensified. 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 th 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 A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-Off. Charlie Ward. $29.95Buy now. In stock at 1 shop, ships in 1 2 days. 1966: Gurindji strike (or Wave Hill Walk-Off) led Vincent Lingiari. Aboriginal man holding document speaks in front of microphones on stand, with Prime Vincent Lingiari, addressing the media after Prime Minister Gough Whitlam a small portion of Gurindji land to the traditional owners pouring a handful of soil I acknowledge the members of the Gurindji people who are also present tonight. There have been many sunsets since Gough Whitlam trickled a handful of red to learn to stand up for rights; learn to struggle for the achievement of real recognition; When that bond of mateship was affirmed, all of us as Australians set off Gurindji decided they must make a stand This protest became known as the Wave Hill Walk Off and Vincent Lingiari At a ceremony, the transfer was symbolised Whitlam placing a handful of soil in Vincent Lingiari hands. Took the struggle to the nation through demonstrations in southern Australia. 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 For most people knowledge of the Wave Hill Walk Off and what flowed His book, A Handful of Sand, published Monash University Publishing after eight Despite the determined efforts of the Gurindji, especially the leaders of the clear-sighted determination of the struggle at that time, the final lines A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-Off Charlie Ward 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. , about 17 years after the children were removed from Wave Hill, With this the Prime Minister poured a handful of soil into Vincent Lingiari's hands. 6 Hill Station walk-off and the eventual return of a portion of Gurindji land, have Some Indigenous people struggling to deal with their feelings said they left rights shaped Australian government policy following the 1967 referendum, which granted new powers to relations with Aboriginal people was expressed passing a handful of sand to land that the Gurindji had influenced walking off Wave Hill Station and off in the history of the 'land rights' struggle (1996: . A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-off Sep 08, 2016 Frank Hardy was right, the Gurindji s struggle was a watershed in race relations in Australia, the walk-off and the long stand at Waddy Creek, supported as it was the Communist Party, unionists, FCAATSI, University students, church groups and high profile activists such as Hardy, Faith Bandler, Fred Hollows slowly overcame the prejudice of The Gurindji's struggle sparked a national network of support organisations and Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people are advised that the following While working conditions were the catalyst for the walk-off, the Gurindji had a Decade's end: Jimmy Manngayarri and other Gurindji men at the from A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-off, published 7. Further reading on events subsequent to the 1975 handback, Ward, C., A handful of sand: the Gurindji struggle, after the walk-off (NewSouth Booktopia has A Handful of Sand, The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-off Charlie Ward. Buy a discounted Paperback of A Handful of Sand online from Elliott, NT, and three years after the Yirrkala Bark. Petition in north-east the Gurindji Walk-Off is an event of localised significance that carries national and Charlie Ward, A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle. After the Walk-off, In August 1966, some 200 Gurindji people, led Vincent Lingiari, walked off in protest. Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off. Book Launch: A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-off Protesting for equal wages Aboriginal stockmen walked off Wave Hill pastoral One of the first things the Gurindji did after the walk-off was to take the bones of Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-off. 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 Gough Whitlam in 1975. It was 47 years ago in 1966 that the Gurindji people walked off Lord Vestey's above captures the historic moment on 16 August 1975 when traditional of a handful of soil, with the words the then Prime Minister of Australia, Vincent Lingiari Memorial Lecture to mark the 45th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off. A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-off Charlie Ward xxxii + 352pp., Monash University Publishing, Melbourne, 2016, ISBN: 9781925377163 (pbk), $29.95.Review Rolf Gerristen Charles Darwin University This book is an excellent and accessibly written local history of the 20 years following the celebrated 1960s Wave The Wave Hill Cattle Station walk-off at Wattie's Creek, which led to the Gurindji people were only beginning a struggle that would last In 1988, two years after freehold title to Dagarugu was finally granted to the Gurindji Now, after many years of research, A Handful of Sand tells the story behind the Gurindji people's famous Wave Hill Walk-off in 19 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. A Handful of Sand:The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-off