{"product_id":"a-handful-of-sand-the-guringji-struggle-after-the-walk-off","title":"A Handful of Sand: The Guringji Struggle, After the Walk-Off","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublisher’s description:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFifty years ago, a group of striking Aboriginal stockmen in the remote Northern Territory of Australia heralded a revolution in the cattle industry and a massive shift in Aboriginal affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e Now, after many years of research, A Handful of Sand tells the story behind the Gurindji people’s famous Wave Hill Walk-off in 1966 and questions the meanings commonly attributed to the return of their land by Gough Whitlam in 1975. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e Written with a sensitive, candid and perceptive hand, A Handful of Sand reveals the path Vincent Lingiari and other Gurindji elders took to achieve their land rights victory, and how their struggles in fact began, rather than ended, with Whitlam’s handback. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eNot since Frank Hardy’s The Unlucky Australians (1968) have the experiences of the Gurindji Walk-off leaders and their children been related with such insight and empathy. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eA Handful of Sand makes an essential contribution to understanding the complex nature of the challenges confronting both ‘white’ Australian policy makers and remote Aboriginal community leaders. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Charlie Ward \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Monash University Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 400\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePublished 1 August 2016 \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eISBN  9781925377163\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Shop at Old Parliament House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53544621179191,"sku":"9781925377163","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/9559\/0967\/files\/File-8640_medium_77027c71-df33-460c-a624-0cc2c6a67e2f.png?v=1793935802","url":"https:\/\/shop.moadoph.gov.au\/products\/a-handful-of-sand-the-guringji-struggle-after-the-walk-off","provider":"The Shop at Old Parliament House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}