The Unlucky Australians
Nelson, 1968. Sandra Moray (Illus.). 1st edition, octavo, pp x, 257, frontispiece of 'Gurindji Aborigine' by Sandra Moray, b&w plates, end-paper maps, previous owner's surname to half-title, original boards in lightly chipped dust-jacket. 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 #106204
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