Title It's not the money it's the land : Aboriginal stockmen and the equal wages case / talking history with Bill Bunbury

Published North Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2002

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Description 192 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm regular print Contents Introduction -- 1. Trying to stay on country -- 2. Blackfellers' eureka -- 3. The equal wages case of 1965 -- 4. Worry for country -- 5. More important than the money -- 6. With hindsight Summary In 1965, the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission decided that Aboriginal workers should be paid the Full Award for their work on cattle stations. This book is the story of the devastating effect that this decision had on the indigenous workers and the way it destroyed their relations with pastoralists Analysis Aborigines Equal pay Pastoral industry Northern Territory Western Australia Social conditions Sociology: work & labour (Australia ) 20th Century history (c 1914+) ALL AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS MATERIAL Bibliography Bibliography: page 190 Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Employment. Aboriginal Australian stockmen -- Australia, Northern -- History Aboriginal Australians -- Employment -- History -- 20th century. Herders -- Employment -- Australia -- History -- 20th century. Equal pay for equal work -- Law and legislation -- Australia. Wages -- Law and legislation -- Australia -- History -- 20th century. Aboriginal Australians -- Interviews. Wages -- Australia. Equal pay for equal work -- Australia. Genre/Form History. Interviews. Interviews. LC no. 2003430098 ISBN 1863683666 paperback

Other Titles Aboriginal stockmen and the equal wages case

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