Darren Clark

Hundreds turned out to mark the 45th year since the Gurindji stockmen marched out of Wave Hill Station to reclaim their dignity and their land. August 2011 is the 45th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off the event that helped to kick start the land rights movement and elevated the situation of Indigenous Australians in the national consciousness. In 1966, Aboriginal stockmen and their families, mainly Gurindji, but also Mudbura, Bilinarra, Ngarinyman and Warlpiri peoples, walked off Wave Hill Station as a protest against work and pay conditions. Their determination to explain their position and argue for their rights set in train a process that culminated in bipartisan support for the recognition of the rights of Aboriginal people to land, a fair wage and to the right for a brighter future for their children.Clark, Darren