60 years ago, 200 Gurindji, Mudburra and Warlpiri people walked off a remote cattle station in the Northern Territory, the Wave Hill Walk-Off the start of the modern Aboriginal Land Rights movement.
Marking the 60th anniversary of the walk-off, a pilgrimage of hundreds has arrived at Kalkarindji to commemorate a defining moment in Australia's Indigenous land rights history the Wave Hill Walk-Off.
Lead by Vincent Lingiari, a stockman on the station commenced the walk off in 1966, igniting the way for legistative change years later with the Aboriginal Land Rights Act of 1976.
In 1975 when the strike finally come to an end the moment famously captured of Gough Whitlam pouring a handful of sand through Vincent Lingiari's hands.
Well, it's become a certainly an icon of imagery. I feel honored mostly and humbled because it's the way what I've done appeals to themMervyn Bishop
60 years on, hundrends of locals and those from the wider community commemorate the milestone with three days of music, sport and cultural celebration in Kalkarindji.
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