| ISBN |
9781760508562 (hardback) |
| Name |
Smiler, Rosie author. |
| Title |
Freedom day / Rosie Smiler, Thomas Mayor, Samantha Campbell. |
| Published |
Richmond, VIC : Bright Light/Hardie Grant Children's Publishing, 2021. |
| ©2021 |
| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 31 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
When many voices are joined together, with courage, change can happen. In 1966, more than two hundred courageous Aboriginal people walked off the Wave Hill Cattle Station in the Northern Territory. Led by Vincent Lingiari, these stockmen and their families were walking together to fight for equal pay and land rights. Exquisitely illustrated and designed, this non-fiction picture book brings a landmark historical event to a new generation. Many people have seen the iconic photograph of Gough Whitlam pouring a handful of red soil into the hands of Vincent Lingiari, a symbol of the legal transfer of Gurindji land back to the Gurindji people, and recognise this as a key moment in the ongoing land rights movement. Freedom Day delves into the events that led up to this moment, and makes a rallying cry for the things that still need to change in its wake. |
| Target audience note |
6+ years old. |
| Subjects |
Lingiari, Vincent, -- 1919-1988 -- Juvenile literature |
| Aboriginal Australians -- History -- Juvenile literature |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Region -- Juvenile literature |
| Gurindji (Australian people) -- Juvenile literature |
| Strikes and lockouts -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station -- Cattle trade -- Juvenile literature |
| Livestock workers -- Northern Territory -- Wave Hill Station -- Juvenile literature |
| Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights -- Australia -- Juvenile literature |
| Wave Hill Station (N.T.) -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature |
| Australia -- History -- Juvenile literature |
| Wave Hill Station (N.T.) -- History -- Juvenile literature |
| Genre |
Picture books |
| Other Names |
Mayor, Thomas author. |
| Campbell, Samantha illustrator. |
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