The celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Wave Hill Walk Off will be attended by ACTU Officers and Affiliated Trade Union leaders and staff, and will run from 19 to 21 August.
Media Program for ACTU Executive:
Monday – Welcome to Country by Larrakia Elder and Opening by Dave Oliver, Secretary ACTU: 5pm - 7.35pm, Darwin Ski Club.
Tuesday – ACTU and Union Officers joint opening of Indigenous Forum and ACTU Executive:
Speeches by
Interview availability 8.00am – 10.30, Darwin Convention Centre.
Background:
Kalkarindji and Daguragu are on the traditional homelands of the Gurindji people, and these
communities are linked to the Malgnin, Mudpurra, Bilinara, Ngarinman and Warlpiri peoples
through the historic Walkoff from Wave Hill Station, which was initially established on Gurindji
traditional lands in 1883. At the time of the Walkoff, Wave Hill Station had been owned
by British Lord Vestey's family since 1914. The Gurindji Walkoff was initiated by Gurindji/
Malgnin leader, Vincent Lingiari, on 23 August 1966 and lasted till 1974, an event which lit
the fire that became the national land rights movement.
On 26 August, 1975, then Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam officially handed
back his peoples' traditional lands to Vincent Lingiari in the community of Daguragu. While
Vincent and many of his contemporaries have since passed away, elders who participated in
this monumental community-driven movement continue to stand strong in their country.
They and their descendants invite you to come and share this anniversary with us, listen to
our elders' stories and experiences over the almost four decades since that historic time in
the late 1960s, and support us in our aims for our current and future younger generations.
Media Program for ACTU Executive:
Monday – Welcome to Country by Larrakia Elder and Opening by Dave Oliver, Secretary ACTU: 5pm - 7.35pm, Darwin Ski Club.
Tuesday – ACTU and Union Officers joint opening of Indigenous Forum and ACTU Executive:
Speeches by
- ACTU President Ged Kearney,
- ACTU Indigenous Officer Kara Keys,
- Jack Phillips and members of the Gurindji community: 9am – 10.15am,
Interview availability 8.00am – 10.30, Darwin Convention Centre.
Background:
Kalkarindji and Daguragu are on the traditional homelands of the Gurindji people, and these
communities are linked to the Malgnin, Mudpurra, Bilinara, Ngarinman and Warlpiri peoples
through the historic Walkoff from Wave Hill Station, which was initially established on Gurindji
traditional lands in 1883. At the time of the Walkoff, Wave Hill Station had been owned
by British Lord Vestey's family since 1914. The Gurindji Walkoff was initiated by Gurindji/
Malgnin leader, Vincent Lingiari, on 23 August 1966 and lasted till 1974, an event which lit
the fire that became the national land rights movement.
On 26 August, 1975, then Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam officially handed
back his peoples' traditional lands to Vincent Lingiari in the community of Daguragu. While
Vincent and many of his contemporaries have since passed away, elders who participated in
this monumental community-driven movement continue to stand strong in their country.
They and their descendants invite you to come and share this anniversary with us, listen to
our elders' stories and experiences over the almost four decades since that historic time in
the late 1960s, and support us in our aims for our current and future younger generations.
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