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11. Wave Rock Walk Off
On the 23rd of August 1966, around two hundred Gurindji stockmen, domestic workers, and their families put down their tools at Wave Hill cattle station in the Northern Territory and walked off the job. They weren't just striking for fair wages. They were asking for their land back. This is the story of Vincent Lingiari, the Gurindji elder who led a nine-year standoff against one of the most powerful pastoral companies in the world, sustained by union levies, international solidarity strikes, and a young eye surgeon's spontaneous five hundred dollar donation. It's the story of a community that…
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