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Gurindji Freedom Banners Exhibition

Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Parkes, Australian Capital TerritoryTue, 19 Aug 2025, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

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Mumkurla-nginyi-ma parrngalinyparla – from the darkness into the light.

The Gurindji freedom banners are a collection of 10 hand-painted banners created in 2000 by the Gurindji to share the community's version of the historic 1966 Wave Hill walk-off. The walk-off, or Gurindji strike, led by Gurindji man Vincent Lingiari was an important event in Australia's land rights movement. Many of the 35 Gurindji people involved in the banner-making project were participants in the walk-off.

At some stage, banner eight, Ngumpittu nguwula junypa wanyjarnana (Two young men dancing), went missing. In July 2025, a banner-making workshop was held in Daguragu and Kalkarindji to reconstruct the missing banner and restore the collection.

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