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From little things, big things grow
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“That was the story of Vincent Lingiari, but this is a story of something much
more.”
This suggests that this is only one story of many and their are many others from all over Australia that deserve reconcillation
Whitlam symbolically handing their land back eight years later – an event which become a catalyst for the Aboriginal land rights movement.
Vestey man said, "I'll double your wages
18 quid a week you'll have in your hand"
Lord Vestey refused to pay his Aboriginal workers, then offered them 18 quid pay for one weeks labour
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"This affair, " they told him "It's a matter of state"
The three levels of government in Australia: federal government, state government, and local government.
this specific event was specific to state but there was so many other causes across the whole of australia that needed to be adressed
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Vincent Lingiari lead his people as they endured an 8-year long strike from 1966, in response to the terrible wages and working conditions they faced while working for Lord (Samuel) Vestey. It soon became a land rights claim.