Gurindji people

The Gurindji are a tribe of Aborigines in the north of Australia, who live 460 km south-west of Katherine in the Northern Territory in the Victoria River region. The Gurindji are very well known in Australia because they performed the so-called Gurindji strike in which result they received back ancestral land rights.

Society

The Gurindji is the best known Aboriginal community in Australia, as the Gurindji Strike led by the Vincent Lingiari led in 1966.

Your country were returned to them in 1975 by the Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and a non-transferable property rights to the entire ranchers station Wave Hill Cattle Station, a total of 3250 square kilometers of their tribal territory granted. This success paved the way for the acquisition of further Native title (rights in land ) of the Aborigines in Australia.

The Wave Hill Cattle Station is located about 600 km south of Darwin. The name of this cattle station went down in history as Australia's Wave Hill walk-off, as Gurindji Strike, a

The Gurindji share many similarities in language and culture with their neighbors, the Warlpiri.

Settlements

Gurindji communities were formed in Kalkaringi and Daguragu. The Daguragu Community Government Council operates municipal and other services for Kalkaringi and for the environment (formerly Wave Hill ) and for Daguragu, a community that settled on the land after obtaining land Rights Act.

The size of the place Kalkaringi is 260 hectares. He was like a city out in September 1976 permits were required for either residents nor visitors. Kalkaringi is located on the Buntine Highway, which lies between Top Springs and Halls Creek.

Daguragu located eight kilometers north of Kalkaringi on a paved road. To visit Daguragu, a permission from the traditional owners that issues the Central Land Council, are required. Daguragu was the first cattle station belonging to a Aboriginal community and is farmed from her. It belongs to the Murramulla Gurindji Company.

The Council also manages a number of outstations, in which reside the traditional owners. The traditional owners belong to the Gurindji language group. There are also other residents in Daguragu and Kalkaringi that belong to the same language group, including the Warlpiri. The population number of the place of Daguragu and Kalkaringi is about 700 Aborigines.

Freedomday

In August of each year a large festival is held, which will be held in Kalkarinji order to celebrate the anniversary of the Gurindij - strikes and to repeat the march. The tag is known as " Freedomday ".