The Resource A handful of sand : the Gurindji struggle, after the walk-off, Charlie Ward
A handful of sand : the Gurindji struggle, after the walk-off, Charlie Ward
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The item A handful of sand : the Gurindji struggle, after the walk-off, Charlie Ward represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item A handful of sand : the Gurindji struggle, after the walk-off, Charlie Ward represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Fifty years ago, a group of striking Aboriginal stockmen in the remote Northern Territory of Australia herald a revolution in the cattle industry and a massive shift in Aboriginal affairs. A Handful of Sand tells the story behind the Gurindji people's famous Wave Hill Walk-off in 1966, and questions the meaning of the return of their land by Gough Whitlam in 1975
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 352 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Isbn
- 9781925377187
- Label
- A handful of sand : the Gurindji struggle, after the walk-off
- Title
- A handful of sand
- Title remainder
- the Gurindji struggle, after the walk-off
- Statement of responsibility
- Charlie Ward
- Subject
-
- Gurindji (Australian people) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Gurindji (Australian people) -- Treatment -- Australia | Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Livestock workers -- Australia | Northern Territory -- History -- 20th century
- Livestock workers -- Treatment -- Australia | Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Strikes and lockouts -- Australia | Northern Territory -- History -- 20th century
- Strikes and lockouts -- Australia | Wave Hill Station (N.T.) -- Cattle trade
- Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment -- Australia | Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Cattle trade -- Australia | Northern Territory -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Fifty years ago, a group of striking Aboriginal stockmen in the remote Northern Territory of Australia herald a revolution in the cattle industry and a massive shift in Aboriginal affairs. A Handful of Sand tells the story behind the Gurindji people's famous Wave Hill Walk-off in 1966, and questions the meaning of the return of their land by Gough Whitlam in 1975
- Cataloging source
- MiAaPQ
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1972-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ward, Charlie
- Dewey number
- 994.290049915
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DU125.G8
- LC item number
- .W37 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Australian history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Gurindji (Australian people)
- Livestock workers
- Strikes and lockouts
- Cattle trade
- Gurindji (Australian people)
- Aboriginal Australians
- Livestock workers
- Strikes and lockouts
- Label
- A handful of sand : the Gurindji struggle, after the walk-off, Charlie Ward
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- EBC5437541
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 352 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781925377187
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps.
- Reproduction note
- Electronic resource.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (MiAaPQ)EBC5437541
- (Au-PeEL)EBL5437541
- (CaPaEBR)ebr11592160
- (OCoLC)1045563028
- Label
- A handful of sand : the Gurindji struggle, after the walk-off, Charlie Ward
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- EBC5437541
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 352 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781925377187
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps.
- Reproduction note
- Electronic resource.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (MiAaPQ)EBC5437541
- (Au-PeEL)EBL5437541
- (CaPaEBR)ebr11592160
- (OCoLC)1045563028
Subject
- Gurindji (Australian people) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Gurindji (Australian people) -- Treatment -- Australia | Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Livestock workers -- Australia | Northern Territory -- History -- 20th century
- Livestock workers -- Treatment -- Australia | Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Strikes and lockouts -- Australia | Northern Territory -- History -- 20th century
- Strikes and lockouts -- Australia | Wave Hill Station (N.T.) -- Cattle trade
- Aboriginal Australians -- Treatment -- Australia | Wave Hill Station (N.T.)
- Cattle trade -- Australia | Northern Territory -- History -- 20th century
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