{"product_id":"freedom-day-by-thomas-mayo-rosie-smiler-samantha-campbell-hard-back","title":"Freedom Day by Thomas Mayo \u0026 Rosie Smiler (Hard Back)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"prose type-body-04 text-dynamic-fg-subtle mt-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp_LongDescDetails__xXzZJ pdp_LongDescDetails-Reveal__i7su_\" data-state=\"open\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp_DetailsContents__9fjA8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prose type-body-04 text-dynamic-fg-subtle\"\u003e\n\u003cheader class=\"flex flex-col\"\u003e\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-state=\"open\" class=\"pdp_LongDescDetails__xXzZJ pdp_LongDescDetails-Reveal__i7su_\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp_DetailsContents__9fjA8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prose type-body-04 text-dynamic-fg-subtle\"\u003e\n\u003cheader class=\"flex flex-col\"\u003e\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp_LongDescDetails__xXzZJ pdp_LongDescDetails-Reveal__i7su_\" data-state=\"open\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp_DetailsContents__9fjA8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prose type-body-04 text-dynamic-fg-subtle\"\u003e\u003cheader class=\"flex flex-col\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"type-display-06 text-dynamic-fg-subtle mt-3\"\u003e\n\u003cheader class=\"flex flex-col\"\u003e\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp_LongDescDetails__xXzZJ pdp_LongDescDetails-Reveal__i7su_\" data-state=\"open\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp_DetailsContents__9fjA8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prose type-body-04 text-dynamic-fg-subtle\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen many voices are joined together, with courage, change can happen.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn 1966, more than two hundred courageous Aboriginal people walked off the Wave Hill Cattle Station in the Northern Territory. Led by Vincent Lingiari, these stockmen and their families were walking together to fight for equal pay and land rights. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExquisitely illustrated and designed, this non-fiction picture book brings a landmark historical event to a new generation. Many people have seen the iconic photograph of Gough Whitlam pouring a handful of red soil into the hands of Vincent Lingiari – a symbol of the legal transfer of Gurindji land back to the Gurindji people – and recognise this as a key moment in the ongoing land rights movement. \u003ci\u003eFreedom Day\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the events that led up to this moment, and makes a rallying cry for the things that still need to change in its wake. Thomas Mayor co-authors this book with Rosie, Vincent Lingiari’s granddaughter, to bring this vital story to life. The story has been written in close consultation with the Lingiari family.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas Mayo is a Torres Strait Islander man born on Larrakia country in Darwin. As an Islander growing up on the mainland, he learned to hunt traditional foods with his father and to island dance from the Darwin community of Torres Strait Islanders. In high school, Thomas’s English teacher suggested he should become a writer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRosie Smiler is a Gurindji woman and assistant teacher at Kalkaringi School. With Thomas Mayo, she co-authored \u003cem\u003eFreedom Day: Vincent Lingiari and the Story of the Wave Hill Walk-Off\u003c\/em\u003e in 2021. Rosie has worked on many Gurindji and Gurindji Kriol language projects, including the ‘Electro-Magnetic perception in Gurindji people’ project (in collaboration with Professor Felicity Meakins at the University of Queensland and Professor Joe Kirschvink and other researchers from Caltech in Los Angeles), the Kunpulu (Sawfish) project with the Murnkurrumurnkurru rangers, and the Karu Kamparnup (Treating Babies with Termite Mound) dot-motion animation project, which was inspired by \u003cem\u003eTamarra: A Story of Termites on Gurindji Country\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9781760508562\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hardie Grant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50593645953247,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0617\/3913\/9295\/files\/19880AF1-60D4-4598-80C7-77E199A045C9.jpg?v=1784781963","url":"https:\/\/connectingthedotsthroughplay.com.au\/products\/freedom-day-by-thomas-mayo-rosie-smiler-samantha-campbell-hard-back","provider":"Connecting The Dots Through Play","version":"1.0","type":"link"}