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The Cummeragunja walk-off in 1939 was a protest by Aboriginal Australians at the Cummeragunja Station, an Aboriginal reserve in southern New South Wales.
Feb 4, 2022 · On February 4, 1939, 200 Aboriginal people walked off Cummeragunja mission on Murray River in protest of dire conditions.
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Aug 30, 2023 · Appalling living conditions, stolen children and cruel treatment led to 200 Aboriginal people walking off Cummeragunja. It's known as the first Indigenous mass strike. ...more.
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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.
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- Cummeragunja walk-off 'Widely Unknown'
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. By 1939, many Indigenous Australians had died on Cummeragunja because of the minimal rations of food given to them, the lack of san...
Ms Cheetham returned to country this weekend, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of The Cummeragunja Walk-Off. "It's always really special to have the opportunity to come up onto country." "We'll mark the 80th anniversary with a really powerful and symbolic moment when we all come together and walk back on to Cummeragunja, to signify our relations...
Despite its historical significance, the story of The Cummeragunja Walk-Off remains widely unknown. "It may well be that there are many Australians who have never heard of this act of defiance," Ms Cheetham said. She believed that for a long time the history of Indigenous communities was considered a taboo subject. "The suppression of the many deta...
"Nerida Anderson" is the third episode in the series and is based on the real-life events of the "Cummeragunja walk-off" which transpired in 1939. The political actions of the titular character Nerida (Justine Saunders), are loosely based on the exploits of Aboriginal civil rights leader Jack Patten. Nerida is a young and rebellious Aboriginal ...
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The Cumeroogunga Walk-off (1939) Pictured here are some of the Australian Aborigines’ League’s left-wing supporters on the road from Melbourne to Barmah, taking supplies to the protestors.
