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feb 4, 1939 - Cummeragunja Walk Off

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200 Yorta Yorta people went on strike to protest the poor living conditions of the Cummeragunja station. The Cummeragunja Walk Off has been described as the first ever mass strike of Aboriginal people in Australia. It brought about changes to the Aborigines Protection Act of NSW.

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feb 4, 1939
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~ 86 years ago