Daguragu

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Daguragu is a small Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory of Australia, historically significant as the site of the Wave Hill Walk-Off and a landmark in Indigenous land rights.

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Daguragu canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal community ⓘ
locality ⓘ
associatedPerson Vincent Lingiari ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalSignificance important site for Gurindji ceremonies and culture ⓘ
distanceToKalkarindji approximately 8 kilometres ⓘ
governedBy local community council structures under Northern Territory legislation ⓘ
hasCommunityFacilities health services (shared or linked with Kalkarindji) ⓘ
housing ⓘ
school (shared services with Kalkarindji) ⓘ
store ⓘ
hasLanguageCommunity Gurindji language speakers ⓘ
heritageSignificance symbol of Aboriginal land rights movement ⓘ
historicalAssociation Wave Hill cattle station ⓘ
landRightsMilestone one of the first areas of Aboriginal land returned to traditional owners after the Wave Hill Walk-Off ⓘ
localGovernmentArea Victoria Daly Regional Council ⓘ
locatedIn Victoria Daly Region ⓘ
locatedOn Gurindji Aboriginal Land Trust ⓘ
movementAssociatedWith Aboriginal land rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ
namedAfter Daguragu (Gurindji) language term ⓘ
nearbySettlement Kalkarindji ⓘ
politicalDivision Northern Territory electoral division of Stuart (historically) or its successors ⓘ
federal division of Lingiari ⓘ
populationCharacteristic predominantly Aboriginal ⓘ
recognisedAs site of a landmark land rights struggle in Australia ⓘ
region Top End ⓘ
roadAccess via Buntine Highway and local access roads ⓘ
significantEvent Wave Hill Walk-Off ⓘ
significantFor Indigenous land rights in Australia ⓘ
stateOrTerritory Northern Territory ⓘ
timeZone Australian Central Standard Time ⓘ
traditionalOwners Gurindji people ⓘ
utcOffset +9:30 ⓘ

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