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ANNE SCRIMGEOUR On Red Earth Walking: The Pilbara Aboriginal Strike, Western Australia 1946–1949. Reviewed by Kathy Gollan

ANNE SCRIMGEOUR On Red Earth Walking: The Pilbara Aboriginal Strike, Western Australia 1946–1949. Reviewed by Kathy Gollan

by NRB | 21 Apr 2020 | Non-fiction | 1 comment

Anne Scrimgeour’s history of the Pilbara Aboriginal Strike recounts a pivotal moment in Australian history when white pastoralists had to start paying their Aboriginal workers. In 1946 Aboriginal workers on the remote sheep stations of the Pilbara walked off the...
             

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