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aug 23, 1966 - 23 August 1966: The Wave Hill Walk-off

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⁃ 250 Gurindji people led by Vincent Lingiari walked off and went on strike at Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory
- set up camp at Daguragu, also known as Wattie Creek
- start of eight-year protest over the dispossession of their traditional land

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aug 23, 1966
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~ 59 years ago

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