The Unlucky Australians
Nelson, 1968. First publication in paperback, same year as first edition, pp xii, 257, frontispiece of 'Gurindji Aborigine' by Sandra Moray, b&w plates. There is underlining in the Donald Horne's Foreword [author of The Lucky Australians], pp xi - ix: all of the main text is clean. Triangular closed tear pp 223. The book shows wear but is overall is in very good condition.
Frank Hardy's landmark account of the Wave Hill Station strike, an event that launched the game-changing Indigenous land rights campaign. In 1966 the Gurindji and other Indigenous peoples working on Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory did something radical: they went on strike. They wanted equal wages—and land rights. Frank Hardy happened to be there. In The Unlucky Australians he tells the story of this walk-off, one that resulted in a successful land rights claim—a term Hardy has been credited for inventing in this important book. Scarce. Item #105755
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