When many voices are joined together, with courage, change can happen.
In 1966, more than two hundred courageous Aboriginal people walked off the Wave Hill Cattle Station in the Northern Territory. Led by Vincent Lingiari, these stockmen and their families were walking together to fight for equal pay and land rights.
Exquisitely illustrated and designed, this non-fiction picture book brings a landmark historical event to a new generation. Many people have seen the iconic photograph of Gough Whitlam pouring a handful of red soil into the hands of Vincent Lingiari – a symbol of the legal transfer of Gurindji land back to the Gurindji people – and recognise this as a key moment in the ongoing land rights movement. Freedom Day delves into the events that led up to this moment, and makes a rallying cry for the things that still need to change in its wake. Thomas Mayor co-authors this book with Rosie, Vincent Lingiari’s granddaughter, to bring this vital story to life. The story has been written in close consultation with the Lingiari family.
Freedom Day: Vincent Lingiari and the Story of the Wave Hill Walk-Off Vincent Lingiari and the Story of the Wave Hill Walk-Off
- Thomas Mayo
- Rosie Smiler
- Samantha Campbell (illustrator)
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ISBN:
9781760508562
Format:
Hardback
Pages:
48
Dimensions:
30cm x 26cm
RRP:
$29.99
Publisher:
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Published:
16 August 2021
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Thomas Mayo
Thomas Mayo is a Torres Strait Islander man born on Larrakia country in Darwin. As an Islander growing up on the mainland, he learned to hunt traditional foods with his father and to island dance from the Darwin community of Torres Strait Islanders. In high school, Thomas’s English teacher suggested he should become a writer. He didn’t think then that he would become one of the first ever Torres Strait Islander authors to have
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rosie Smiler
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Samantha Campbell