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200 aboriginal farmers start a strike on Australian farm Wave Hill

58
years ago

23 August 1966,

200 Aboriginal farmers start a strike at Australian farm Wave Hill. Asking for the same salary that white workers paid, they started a camp on the banks of the Victoria River. Soon, the protest became a cry for land and facilitated the passage of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act.

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