Aboriginal Strike

Published: Aug. 29, 2013, 8 a.m.

In 1946 Aboriginal farm workers went on strike against virtual slavery in Australia. It was the first time they'd taken industrial action and it helped changed their status.

PHOTO: A photograph of Aboriginal strikers, all of whom are now deceased. Courtesy of David Noakes.

POEM: Clancy and Dooley and Don McLeod by Dorothy Hewett, 1946.