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Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically hands over land to the Gurindji people after the eight-year Wave Hill walk-off, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 song by Paul Kelly and an annual celebration.
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Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975
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Gurindji people
Aboriginal Australian people in Northern Territory
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1966–1975 strike by Aboriginal Australians
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. It took place at Wave Hill, a cattle station in Kalkarindji, Northern…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Rights and interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia
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Australian musician
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