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A handful of soil: 50 years since iconic land hand-back

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Half a century ago then prime minister Gough Whitlam poured a handful of soil into the hands of a man who had led an eight-year protest for the rights of his people.

On August 16, 1975 Mr Whitlam travelled to Wave Hill Station, about 600 kilometres south of Darwin, to hand back land to the Gurindji people.

During an official handover ceremony, transferring leasehold title to a parcel of land at ...


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