Wave Hill Strike

When was the Wave Hill Strike?

• 1956

• 1966

• 1976

• 1986

Results of the Wave Hill Strike were

• wages were made equal for Aboriginal workers

• land rights Act passed

• Gurindgi given their land

• all of the above

How many stockmen and their families went on strike?

• 100

• 200

• 300

• 400

The beginning causes of the Wave Hill Strike were

• the need for better wages

• the need for better working conditions

• the need for better living conditions

• All of the above

One of the first things the Gurindji did after the walk-off

• was to take the bones of those massacred at Blackfellows Knob and give them the respect of a traditional burial, by placing them in the caves of the Seale

• build houses for the stockmen families to use

• find cattle for their men to work with

• none of the above

Whitlam pouring sand through Lingiari's hand was an important result of the Wave Hill Strike. What did it symbolise?

• Whitlam had promised he would do this in the December election which he one

• Gurindgi moved to new land

• Gurindji given equal pay

• Gurindgi given a land claim deal

The Wave Hill Strike was held at:

• Victoria River

• Wattie Creek

• Daguragu

• both option 2 and 3

Throughout the strike, white support was important from:

• unionists

• students

• Communist Party

• all of the above

The Gurindji's native title claim of 5000 square kilometres was finally decided in:

• 1996

• 2000

• 2020

• none of the above

The Land rights Act:

• allowed First peoples to lease land

• allowed First Nations peoples to buy their land back

• allowed First Nations people to claim land title if they could prove a traditional and strong relationship with the country.

• none of the above