It's been 56 years since Vincent Lingiari paved the way for the Aboriginal land rights movement with the Wave Hill walk-off. But his descendants continue that fight today.
abc.net.au/news/nt-freedom-day-march-56th-anniversary-wave-hill-walk-off/101379052For Vincent Lingiari's great-granddaughter, every step in the march of yesterday's recreation of the Wave Hill walk-off — a protest which would pave the way for Aboriginal land rights in Australia — was emotionally charged.
"It wasn't only about Gurindji people, it was about different tribes along with my great-grandfather." It began when 200 stockmen and their families walked off Wave Hill Station in the deep Northern Territory outback in 1966 to protest years of exploitation, horrendous living conditions and murder.
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