The Wave Hill Walk Off by https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv Vincent Lingiari and the Gurindji Strike en-us 2016-10-30 04:47:29 UTC 2023-04-05 19:02:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Wave Hill Station sm450 https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134064833 Approx 600 kms south of Darwin, Northern Territory.

13,000 sq kms of land approx.

On traditional Gurindji land.

Leased by Vestey’s - British pastoral company form 1914-1992.

Indigenous workers operated the cattle stations.]]> 2016-10-30 04:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134064833 Wave Hill Station Aerial photograph 1980. sm450 https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134064852 2016-10-30 04:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134064852 From Wage Rights to Land Rights sm450 https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134065137 The next year the group moved to Wattie Creek, a place of significance to the Gurindji people. They asked Frank Hardy to 'make a sign' which included the word 'Gurindji', their own name for themselves. Their disaffection was deeper than wages and working conditions.

Although these stockmen and their families could not read, they understood the power of the white man's signs. Now their name for themselves, written on a sign, asserted a claim to Gurindji lands.

]]> 2016-10-30 05:02:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134065137 'We're all mates now' - Vincent Lingiari sm450 https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134065276 Prime Minister Gough Whitlam pours earth through Vincent Lingiari's hand to signify the return of traditional land to Aboriginal custodians at Wattie Creek 1975]]> 2016-10-30 05:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134065276 'We know how to wait' sm450 https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134065325 Vincent Lingiari continued to build support by travelling to across Australia and telling stories of the Gurindji fight.

This strike would last 7 years, the longest protest movement or strike to occur in Australian history. ]]> 2016-10-30 05:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134065325 sm450 https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134065361 2016-10-30 05:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134065361 Gurindji Strikers in 1966. sm450 https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134065484 2016-10-30 05:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134065484 Questions sm450 https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134065497 1. Where is Wave Hill?
 
2. Who were the Aboriginal stockmen working for?

3. How long were the Aboriginal stockmen on strike?
 
4. Why did they go on strike?
 
5. In which year was the land handed back?

6. Who was Vincent Lingiari and what did he do?
 
7. Describe the significance of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam handing back land to the Gurindji people. 
 
8. Write a paragraph (5-6 sentences) to answer the following:
 
The Wave Hill walk off is important for understanding the development of Indigenous rights because...
]]> 2016-10-30 05:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/134065497 Indigenous working conditions on Wave Hill Station sm450 https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/187802150 Vestey's were notorious for treating Indigenous workers poorly. 

Aboriginal stockman paid one fifth of non-Aboriginal wage. 

Some were only paid in rations of tea, sugar and dry meat. 

Racism and poor working/living conditions.]]> 2017-09-15 02:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/187802150 The Walk off sm450 https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/187802163 In August 1966, Vincent Lingiari, a Gurindji elder, led a walk-off of 200 Aboriginal stockmen, house servants, and their families from Wave Hill as a protest against the work and pay conditions. The strike was part of a widespread campaign begun by workers on Brunette Downs Station and supported by non-Indigenous people.

The Gurindji Aboriginal people settled 30 kilometres from Wave Hill Station at Wattie Creek (Daguragu).

The Wave Hill walk-off was well supported, including non-Aboriginal people. Unionists Brian Manning, a Darwin waterfront worker and fervent unionist, organised a strike fund and made the first of up to fifteen 1,600 kilometre round-trips from Darwin to Wave Hill. Manning’s support was key to the strike’s success.

The strike made headlines all over Australia. While the initial strike was about wages and living conditions it soon spread to include the more fundamental issue about their traditional lands. The Wave Hill walk-off had morphed into a land claim.

]]> 2017-09-15 02:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/187802163 A grass roots strike sm450 https://padlet.com/sm450/xpij58533kgv/wish/187802182 Lingiari had seen previous strikes fail. He knew his cause would need support. 

Supporters Dexter Daniels and Brian Manning worked together with unions to organise for food to be regularly delivered and to raise money for the Gurindji strike.

Well-known writer, Frank Hardy, promoted the plight of the Gurindji people in the media. Soon support started coming in from across Australia.

This was a movement encouraged by the 1967 'Yes' vote.

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