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Northern Territory land councils meet to share support of Indigenous Voice to Parliament

As the dust settled on Kalkarindji's annual Freedom Day Festival, a clear focus emerged for Northern Territory land councils – support for a Voice to Parliament.

ABC News · Aug 30, 2022

Toni Childs features in all-female line-up at Freedom Day Festival to remember women of Wave Hill walk-off

At the 56th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off — a seminal event that galvanised national change and paved the way for equal wages for Aboriginal workers, as well as a new land rights act – history was made again.

ABC News · Aug 27, 2022

Thousands recreate the Wave Hill walk-off, originally led by Vincent Lingiari, at the Freedom Day Festival in Kalkarindji

It's been 56 years since Vincent Lingiari paved the way for the Aboriginal land rights movement with the Wave Hill walk-off. But his descendants continue that fight today.

ABC News · Aug 26, 2022