Wave Hill walk-off
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The Wave Hill walk-off, also known as the Gurindji strike, was a walk-off and strike by 200 Gurindji stockmen, house servants and their families, starting on 23 August 1966 and lasting for seven years
Gough Whitlam pouring dirt through Vincent Lingiari's fingers, signifying the handing-back of Gurindji land
Gough Whitlam
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Edward Gough Whitlam was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975. To date the longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party, he was notable for
Wave Hill walk-off
…settlement. The walk-off persisted until 16 August 1975, when—after brokering an agreement with titular landowners the Vestey Group—Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was able to give the rights to a piece of land back to the Gurindji people in a highly symbolic handover ceremony. It was a key moment in the movement…
Official portrait, 1974
"Ngara", Whitlam's birthplace (now demolished)
Photograph of Whitlam and attestation paper from his RAAF officer personnel file dated 1942
Gough Whitlam in Cooktown, Queensland, in 1944