AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-2006
FED: Indigenous strike anniversary sparks concerns of land right
The commemoration of the 1966 Wave Hill strike of indigenous pastoral workers will
continue today in the communities of Kalkaringi and Daguragu .. about 800 kilometres south
of Darwin.
Speakers marking the strike's 40th anniversary yesterday said the rights won during
the Aboriginal land rights movement are currently being eroded.
While the 1966 walk off was initially seen as a strike for wages and living conditions
.. it soon became about the Gurindji people's rights to their traditional land.
AAP RTV klw/hn/drp/wf/wz
KEYWORD: INDIGENOUS WAVE (DARWIN)
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