Gurindji Strike
The Gurindji Strike (or Wave Hill Walk-Off) refers to the walk-off and strike by 200 Gurindji stockmen, house servants and their families in August 1966 at Wave Hill cattle station in Australia's Northern Territory.
The Gurindji people's traditional lands are approximately 3,250 km² of the Northern Territory. Gurindji first encountered Europeans in the 1850s, when explorer Augustus Gregory crossed into their territory. Several other explorers traversed the area over the following decades until the 1880s, when large pastoral operations were established.
Read more about Gurindji Strike: Gurindji and The Pastoralists, Conditions On The Station, The Walk Off, 1966–75 – The Strike Years, 1975 – Handback, Legacy of The Strike, The Gurindji Strike in Popular Culture
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