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 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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| Superior document: | Australian history |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Clayton, Victoria : : Monash University Publishing,, [2016] 2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Australian history (Monash University Publishing)
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxii, 352 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) :; illustrations, maps. |
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| 264 | 1 | |a Clayton, Victoria : |b Monash University Publishing, |c [2016] | |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index. | ||
| 520 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 590 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Gurindji (Australian people) |x Social conditions |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Livestock workers |z Australia |z Northern Territory |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Strikes and lockouts |z Australia |z Northern Territory |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Cattle trade |z Australia |z Northern Territory |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Gurindji (Australian people) |x Treatment |z Australia |z Wave Hill Station (N.T.) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Aboriginal Australians |x Treatment |z Australia |z Wave Hill Station (N.T.) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Livestock workers |x Treatment |z Australia |z Wave Hill Station (N.T.) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Strikes and lockouts |z Australia |z Wave Hill Station (N.T.) |x Cattle trade. | |
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