The Australian | Charlie Ward's A Handful of Sand: Wave Hill walk-off and its aftermath The Australian It was 50 long years ago, on the morning of August 23, 1966, in the Top End of the Northern Territory, that Aboriginal stockman Vincent Lingiari led about 200 Gurindji, Mudburra and Warlpiri workers in their strike and walk-off from remote Wave Hill ... Thousands commemorate Wave Hill walk-off, birth of Indigenous land rights battle Wave Hill 50th anniversary: Thousands join walk-off re-enactment to mark land rights protest Lingiari celebrated at walk-off 50th anniversary |