Who lead the 1966 Wave Hill Walk-off?
Vincent Lingiari
How far away did the Gurindji people move their camp?
20km
Who was the Prime Minister who returned the land?
Gough Whitlam
What body part is impossible to lick?
Your elbow
How many Indigenous workers participated in the walk-off?
200 indigenous stockmen and house servants and their families were in the first walk-off.
For how many years were petitions sent backend forth between the Gurindji people and the Australian Government?
7 years
What was given back in September 2020?
Gurindji claims the native title to Wave Hill station
How much of the world's water is freshwater?
3%
How far did they walk?
30km
What year did the Prime Minster ceremonially return the land to the traditional owners, the Gurindji People?
August 1975
How many years later did they get full legal ownership of land?
11 years later
Where is a shrimp's heart located?
In its head
Why did the Idenginous workers decide to walk off?
To protest against exploitation and new land rights for a better future for Indigenous people
What year did the North Australian workers apply to the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission?
1965
What was the name of the Commission from 1973 to 1974?
The Royal Commission
How many letters are in the longest word in the oxford dictionary?
(P.S. its not supercalifragilistic)
45 letters
(pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis)
What was written on the sign in the image?
Gurindji
Mining Lease and Cattle Station
What phrase was used as an opposition to the Gurindji worker's appeal?
They argued that any increase in wages should be gradual as this would help First Nations peoples to ‘adjust’
What was the key finding from the commission
That all Aboriginal reserve lands should be returned to Aboriginal inhabitants.
What is the rarest flower species?
Ghost Orchid