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Cummeragunja walk-off. The Cummeragunja walk-off in 1939 was a protest by Aboriginal Australians at the Cummeragunja Station, an Aboriginal reserve in southern New South Wales . Background. The Cummeragunja Mission was mostly home to Yorta Yorta people who had been relocated in the late 19th century from the Maloga Mission.
Feb 4, 2022 · What was the Cummeragunja Walk-Off? On February 4, 1939, 200 Aboriginal people walked off Cummeragunja mission on Murray River in protest of dire conditions.
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The Cummeragunja Walk Off was a protest by Aboriginal people at Cummeragunja Station. On 4 February 1939 about 200 Yorta Yorta people walked off Cummeragunja Station in southern NSW.They were protesting against the poor living conditions and management of the station.
Today marks 80 years since The Cummeragunja Walk-Off, which saw around 200 people leave the Cummeragunja mission, in southern New South Wales, to protest the conditions and the local government's control over the area.
Feb 14, 2019 · Analysis. A march commemorating the Cummeragunja Walk-Off in Barmah on February 4. February 4 marked the 80 th anniversary of the little-known 1939 Cummeragunja Walk-Off, when 200 Yorta Yorta people left the Cummera mission in southern New South Wales in protest against their mistreatment by mission bosses and the theft of their land.
Feb 4, 2021 · Thu 4 Feb 2021 00.12 EST. O n this day, 82 years ago, some 200 Aboriginal people, including my grandmother and her children, walked off the Cummeragunja mission in protest against decades of...
