Handful of Sand

Description:

Fifty years ago, a group of striking Aboriginal stockmen in the remote Northern Territory of Australia herald a revolution in the cattle industry and a massive shift in Aboriginal affairs. A Handful of Sand tells the story behind the Gurindji people's famous Wave Hill Walk-off in 1966, and questions the meaning of the return of their land by Gough Whitlam in 1975.

subjects: Strikes and lockouts,  Northwest territories, social conditions,  Ethnology, australia,  Gurindji (Australian people),  Treatment,  Aboriginal Australians,  Livestock workers Treatment,  Cattle trade,  Social conditions,  Livestock workers,  History