https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-23/nt-freedom-day-festival-gurindji-economic-opportunity-land-back/105687602

The #WaveHill walk-off, also known as the #Gurindji #strike, was a walk-off and strike by 200 Gurindji stockmen, house servants and their families, starting on 23 August 1966 and lasting for seven years. It took place at Wave Hill, a cattle stationin #Kalkarindji (formerly known as Wave Hill), Northern Territory, Australia, led by Gurindji man Vincent Lingiari.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_Hill_walk-off

#FirstNations #LandBack #Walpiri #workingclasshistory

Gurindji leaders say struggle for economic prosperity continues 50 years after land was handed back

Gough Whitlam poured sand into the hands of Vincent Lingiari 50 years ago, marking the first Aboriginal community to be given land back from the Commonwealth — but Gurindji leaders say more still needs to be done to ensure economic prosperity.

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Indigenous knowledge is key to saving the great desert skink and other species

There is growing momentum in Australia's conservation planning to incorporate First Nations knowledge into the management of culturally significant species such as the great desert skink. 

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How inquest into fatal police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker lays a path for Warlpiri control

The Kumanjayi Walker Inquest backs Aboriginal-led solutions and restoring Warlpiri self-determination, which his family says will "prevent deaths in custody".

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Dozens rally in Perth CBD in solidarity with nationwide protests against Indigenous deaths in custody

Perth rally organiser and Indigenous elder Hedley Hayward said the community was standing alongside the rest of the country in demanding justice for Aboriginal people who had died in police custody.

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(There have been almost 600 First Nations people killed in custody since the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, including at least 10 this year. Only one of the 339 recommendations handed down by that commission has been implemented:)

Statistics ?
https://www.aic.gov.au/statistics/deaths-custody-australia

Hope ?https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/04/a-glimpse-of-hope-then-another-death-in-custody-grief-stricken-campaigners-mourn-lack-of-progress-ntwnfb

#DeathsinCustody #FirstNations #Walpiri #Yuendumu

Family of Warlpiri man who died after being restrained by police in supermarket demand independent inquiry

Exclusive: Lawyer for 24-year-old’s family asks NT police to ‘appoint independent body from another state or territory to undertake investigation’ after Alice Springs death

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(Note: Predictably NT police released a statement rejecting calls for an independent investigation into the death in custody.
There have been 9 deaths in custody in 2025)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-30/nt-alice-springs-indigenous-death-in-custody-vigil-police/105357588

#deathincustody #FirstNations #Walpiri

Anger and devastation in Alice Springs following death of Walpiri man in police custody

In an emotional vigil in Alice Springs, Warlpiri elders say now is the time for truth, encouraging witnesses of a young man's death in custody at a local supermarket to come forward.

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