Print version: Ward, Charlie, 1972- Handful of sand : the Gurindji struggle, after the walk-off. Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, c2016 xxxii, 352 pages Australian history (Monash University Publishing) ISBN 9781925377163
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-344) and index
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..