By 'Alopi Latukefu

Published on the National Indigenous Times

"That was the story of Vincent Lingiari

But this is the story of something much more

How power and privilege cannot move a people

Who know where they stand and stand in the law"

As Kev Carmody and Paul Kelly recounted in "From Little Things, Big Things Grow", the classic 1993 Indigenous Rights ballad, Gurindji Elder Vincent Lingiari chose to stand up for his community and seek justice in the face of unfairness and inequality. Lingiari was made to wait many years, but finally won when 3250 square kilometres of Gurindji country was returned to its traditional owners in August 1975 by Labour Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.

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