A handful of sand : the Gurindji struggle, after the walk-off / / Charlie Ward
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| Autore: |
Ward Charlie <1972->
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| Titolo: |
A handful of sand : the Gurindji struggle, after the walk-off / / Charlie Ward
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| Pubblicazione: | Clayton, Victoria : , : Monash University Publishing, , [2016] |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (418 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 994.2905 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gurindji (Australian people) - Social conditions - 20th century |
| Livestock workers - Australia - Northern Territory - History - 20th century | |
| Strikes and lockouts - Australia - Northern Territory - History - 20th century | |
| Cattle trade - Australia - Northern Territory - History - 20th century | |
| Gurindji (Australian people) - Treatment - Australia - Wave Hill Station (N.T.) | |
| Aboriginal Australians - Treatment - Australia - Wave Hill Station (N.T.) | |
| Livestock workers - Treatment - Australia - Wave Hill Station (N.T.) | |
| Strikes and lockouts - Australia - Wave Hill Station (N.T.) - Cattle trade | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A handful of sand |
| ISBN: | 1-925377-18-0 |
| 1-925377-17-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910798969303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Australian history (Monash University Publishing)