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50 years of Aboriginal workers walked off in Northern Territory

Timmy Vincent, son of Vincent Lingiari, at anniversary celebration

Timmy Vincent, son of Vincent Lingiari, at anniversary celebration Source: AAP

This month (tue, aug 23) marks 50 years since the day 200 Aboriginal workers walked off a Northern Territory cattle station in protest over exploitative living and wage conditions. The 1966 stand, known as the Wave Hill Walk Off, triggered a land-rights movement that, almost a decade later, led to one of the first cases of returning traditional land to Indigenous Australians.



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