00:00A march in recognition of a turning point in Australian history.
00:06Land rights! Land rights!
00:08As the Garingi celebrate the strike that helped create Aboriginal land rights.
00:13They led the pathway for us, and we want to continue that.
00:18There's several hundred people behind me, and they're marching down to the dry riverbank of the Victoria River,
00:24which is where the Garingi people originally made camp when they walked off Wave Hill Station in 1966.
00:31It was one of those pivotal moments in time that took place 50 years ago,
00:36and we still carry on the legacy of Mr Lingiari.
00:40Vincent Lingiari led the stockmen and their families in walking off the station.
00:45His son still remembers the meagre rations they were paid.
00:49Garingi people have a long-standing relationship with Wolperi people from the south,
00:59who joined the walk-off, and invited the family of Kuminjai White,
01:03a young Wolperi man who died in the custody of plain-clothed police
01:07in an Alice Springs supermarket earlier this year.
01:10The support march alongside with our Wave Hill Freedom Day march.
01:16We still respect one another. There's a deep connection there.
01:19The modern operators of Wave Hill Station, who took over a few years ago, are also here,
01:25with plans to help Garingi people find work in the pastoral industry.
01:29Our sort of vision would be work experience and getting some of these kids back out onto Wave Hill in the pastoral side of things.
01:39That is very interesting, but it's a good way to connect. I want to be good mates with them.
01:44Garingi leaders say Vincent Lingiari's dream of a thriving local economy for Aboriginal people is still a work in progress.
01:51We're still struggling, but we're trying to break through those walls. We're trying to make our community viable.
01:57Work still to be done, 50 years after the sand was poured from a Prime Minister's hands.
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