Freedom day / Rosie Smiler, Thomas Mayor ; [illustrated by] Samantha Campbell.
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TextPublisher: Richmond, Victoria : Bright Light, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 31 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781760508562 (hardback)Other title: Freedom day : Vincent Lingiari and the story of the Wave Hill walk-off | Vincent Lingiari and the story of the Wave Hill walk-offSubject(s): Lingiari, Vincent, 1918-1988 -- Juvenile literature | Smiler, Rosie -- Family -- Juvenile literature | Lingiari, Vincent, 1919-1988 -- Juvenile literature | Ranch life -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Region -- History -- Juvenile literature | Native title (Australia) -- Northern Territory -- Juvenile literature | Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Region -- Juvenile literature | Aboriginal Australians -- Civil rights -- Juvenile literature | Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Juvenile literature | Aboriginal Australians -- History -- Juvenile literature | Gurindji (Australian people) -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Region -- Juvenile literature | Land tenure -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Region -- Juvenile literature | Gurindji (Australian people) -- Juvenile literature | Livestock workers -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station -- Juvenile literature | Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights -- Australia -- Juvenile literature | Strikes and lockouts -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Region -- Cattle trade -- Juvenile literature | Wave Hill Station (N.T.) -- Employees -- History -- Juvenile literature | Wave Hill Station (N.T.) -- History -- Juvenile literature | Wave Hill Station (N.T.) -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature | Australia -- History -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 994.29506 Summary: When many voices are joined together, change can happen. In 1966, more than two hundred courageous Aboriginal people walked off the Wave Hill Cattle Station in the Northern Territory. Led by Vincent Lingiari, these stockmen and their families were walking together to fight for equal pay and land rights. Freedom Day delves into the events that led up to this moment, and makes a rallying cry for the things that still need to change in its wake.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Junior Non Fiction | Australian Stories | QJ 994.295 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111082269224 |
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When many voices are joined together, change can happen. In 1966, more than two hundred courageous Aboriginal people walked off the Wave Hill Cattle Station in the Northern Territory. Led by Vincent Lingiari, these stockmen and their families were walking together to fight for equal pay and land rights. Freedom Day delves into the events that led up to this moment, and makes a rallying cry for the things that still need to change in its wake.
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