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A handful of sand : the Gurindji struggle, after the walk-off / Charlie Ward.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ward, Charlie, 1972- author.
- Series:
- Australian history (Monash University Publishing)
- Australian history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gurindji (Australian people)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Gurindji (Australian people).
- Livestock workers--Australia--Northern Territory--History--20th century.
- Livestock workers.
- Strikes and lockouts--Australia--Northern Territory--History--20th century.
- Strikes and lockouts.
- Cattle trade--Australia--Northern Territory--History--20th century.
- Cattle trade.
- Gurindji (Australian people)--Treatment--Australia--Wave Hill Station (N.T.).
- Aboriginal Australians--Treatment--Australia--Wave Hill Station (N.T.).
- Aboriginal Australians.
- Livestock workers--Treatment--Australia--Wave Hill Station (N.T.).
- Strikes and lockouts--Australia--Wave Hill Station (N.T.)--Cattle trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (418 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2016]
- Summary:
- Fifty years ago, a group of striking Aboriginal stockmen in the remote Northern Territory of Australia herald a revolution in the cattle industry and a massive shift in Aboriginal affairs. A Handful of Sand tells the story behind the Gurindji people's famous Wave Hill Walk-off in 1966, and questions the meaning of the return of their land by Gough Whitlam in 1975.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Title Page
- Copyright and Imprint Information
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction: Put in Their Place, 1879-1930
- Part One: The Quest for Justice 1930-72
- Chapter 1: Finding Their Feet, 1930-1966
- Chapter 2: Taking a Stand, 1966-1968
- Chapter 3: Friends from Afar, 1969-1970
- Chapter 4: Progress and Strain, 1971
- Chapter 5: Vindication, 1972
- Part Two: Making a Fist of It 1973-78
- Chapter 6: A New Beginning, 1973
- Chapter 7: Into the Fray, 1974
- Chapter 8: A Handful of Sand, 1975
- Chapter 9: A Fighting Chance, 1976
- Chapter 10: Mixed Blessings, 1977-78
- Part Three: The Harder Road 1979-86
- Chapter 11: 'A Fragmentation of Support', 1979-80
- Chapter 12: Testing Times, 1981-82
- Chapter 13: Resignation, 1983-86
- Afterword
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Images
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-925377-18-0
- 1-925377-17-2
- OCLC:
- 1258904568
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