On Red Earth Walking : The Pilbara Aboriginal Strike, Western Australia 1946-1949
Melbourne: Monash University, 2020. Octavo, wraps, colour and b&w plates, maps, bibliography, index, pp xviii, 510. Light creasing to upper corner, spine and earlier pages.. Previous owners' sticker inside front wrap, otherwise clean. Very good condition.
In 1946 Aboriginal people walked off pastoral stations in Western Australias Pilbara region, withdrawing their labour from the economically important wool industry to demand improvements in wages and conditions. Their strike lasted three years. On Red Earth Walking is the first comprehensive account of this significant, unique, and understudied episode of Australian history.Using extensive and previously unsourced archival evidence, Anne Scrimgeour interrogates earlier historical accounts of the strike, delving beneath the strikes mythology to uncover the rich complexity of its history. The use of Aboriginal oral history places Aboriginal actors at the centre of these events, foregrounding their agency and their experiences. Item #106397
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