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Roderick Williams papers regarding Gurindji land rights claim, ca. 1968-1971

Roderick Williams papers regarding Gurindji land rights claim, ca. 1968-1971

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nvg83801

Roderick Williams papers regarding Gurindji land rights claim, ca. 1968-1971

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Full title

Roderick Williams papers regarding Gurindji land rights claim, ca. 1968-1971

Date

ca. 1968-1971

Call Numbers

MLMSS 9200

Record Identifier

nvg83801

Reference Code

872596
Physical Description

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0.15 metres of textual records (1 box)

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Level of description

Fonds

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Two journals, Wattie Creek, 1970.

Two notebooks and loose notes, Wattie Creek, 1970.

Correspondence, 1970-71, undated.

Printed material including: ' Wattie Creek - Present and Future' by Robert & Kaye; 'What Now at Wattie Creek'; 'The Gurindji at Wattie Creek' by Hannah Middleton, 1970; press statement from The 'Save the Gurind...

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Full title

Roderick Williams papers regarding Gurindji land rights claim, ca. 1968-1971

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

Description source

Upgraded as part of the Unprocessed Manuscripts eRecords Project 2013-2014

Contextual Information

Source

Presented by Roderick Williams, August 2009

Administrative / Biographical history

Roderick Williams is a poet, singer, actor, shearer and was involved in the Gurindji strike in the late 1960's and early 1970's.

The Gurindji are a group of Aboriginal Australians living in the Northern Territory's Victoria River region. In 1966 Gurindji stockmen, house servants and their families walked off Wave Hill cattle station (owned...

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Call Numbers

MLMSS 9200

Record Identifier

nvg83801

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nvg83801

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Reference code

872596

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