Four Aboriginal activists set up an embassy opposite Parliament House to demand land rights. Calling their protest an embassy exposed the contradiction of being treated as outsiders on their own land....
At Daguragu, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam handed deeds to Vincent Lingiari and symbolically poured soil into his hand. The ceremony followed the Gurindji walk-off and prolonged campaigning. The return...
The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act established a framework for Aboriginal land ownership and claims based on traditional occupation. Land-rights organizing had made restitution a...