A handful of sand : the Gurindji struggle, after the walk-off / Charlie Ward.
Publication details: Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, 2016.Description: xxxii, 352 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour), facsimiles ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781925377163
- Lingiari, Vincent, 1919-1988
- Nangiari, Donald
- Major, Captain, born 1915
- Rangiari, Mick, died 2006
- Rinyngayarri, Jerry
- Nyurrmiyarri, Pincher
- Whitlam, Gough, 1916-2014
- Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station
- Gurindji (Australian people) -- Treatment -- Northern Territory
- Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment -- Northern Territory
- Stockmen -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station
- Livestock workers -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station
- Gurindji (Australian people) -- Treatment -- Australia -- Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Livestock workers -- Treatment -- Australia -- Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Strikes and lockouts -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station
- Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Northern Territory
- Occupations - Pastoral industry workers
- Habitation - Camps
- Race relations - Violent
- Politics and Government - Political action - Civil rights
- Politics and Government - Political action - Land rights
- Government policy - Self determination
- Land rights - Pastoral industry
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry
- Gurindji people (C20) (NT SE52-08)
- Nunggubuyu people (N128) (NT SD53-11)
- Livestock workers Treatment -- Australia -- Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Gurindji (Australian people) -- Treatment -- Australia -- Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Strikes and lockouts -- Cattle trade -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History -- 20th century
- Strikes and lockouts -- Australia -- Wave Hill Station (N.T.) -- Cattle trade
- Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment -- Australia -- Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Strikes and lockouts -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Cattle trade -- History -- 20th century
- Strikes and lockouts -- Cattle trade -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Strikes and lockouts -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station -- Cattle trade
- Gurindji (Australian people) -- Treatment -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Strikes and lockouts -- Cattle trade -- Northern Territory -- History -- 20th century
- Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment -- Australia -- Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Cattle trade -- Australia -- Northern Territory
- Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station
- Livestock workers -- Treatment -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Livestock workers -- Northern Territory -- History -- 20th century
- Cattle trade -- Northern Territory -- History -- 20th century
- Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Gurindji (Australian people) -- Government relations
- Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Northern Territory
- Gurindji (Australian people) -- Treatment -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station
- Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station
- Strikes and lockouts -- Cattle trade -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station
- Cattle trade -- Northern Territory
- Livestock workers Treatment -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station
- Strikes and lockouts -- Australia -- Wave Hill Station (N.T.) -- Cattle trade
- Strikes and lockouts -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History -- 20th century
- Livestock workers -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History -- 20th century
- Cattle trade -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- History -- 20th century
- Gurindji (Australian people) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Wave Hill Station (N.T.) -- History
- Wave Hill Station (N.T.) -- Social conditions
- Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Northern Territory (NT)
- Daguragu / Kalkaringi / Wave Hill (Central NT SE52-08)
- Australian
- 994.290049915 23
- DU125.G8 W37 2016
- 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Awards.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 994.29 WAR | Available | 067183 |
National Library of Australia's Library's N copy signed by Charlie Ward, September 2016. ANL
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: pt. One The Quest for Justice 1930--72 -- ch. 1 Finding Their Feet, 1930--1966 -- ch. 2 Taking a Stand, 1966--1968 -- ch. 3 Friends from Afar, 1969--1970 -- ch. 4 Progress and Strain, 1971 -- ch. 5 Vindication, 1972 -- pt. Two Making a Fist of It 1973--78 -- ch. 6 A New Beginning, 1973 -- ch. 7 Into the Fray, 1974 -- ch. 8 A Handful of Sand, 1975 -- ch. 9 A Fighting Chance, 1976 -- ch. 10 Mixed Blessings, 1977--78 -- pt. Three The Harder Road 1979--86 -- ch. 11 `A Fragmentation of Support', 1979--80 -- ch. 12 Testing Times, 1981--82 -- ch. 13 Resignation, 1983--86.
"Fifty years ago, a group of striking Aboriginal stockmen in the remote Northern Territory of Australia heralded 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. Sensitively and perceptively written, A Handful of Sand reveals the path Vincent Lingiari and other Gurindji elders took to achieve their land rights victory, and how their real struggles began, rather than ended, with Whitlam?s handback. Not since Frank Hardy?s The Unlucky Australians (1968) have the experiences of the Gurindji Walk-off leaders and their children been related with such insight and empathy. A Handful of Sand is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the complex nature of the challenges confronting both ?white? Australian policy makers and remote Aboriginal leaders" --Back cover.
2017 Prime Minister's Literary Awards.
