How the West Was Lost

Name: How the West Was Lost
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1987
Duration: 72 min
Cast: Jacob Oberdoo, Billy Thomas, Don McLeod

1987

1h 12min

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Overview

The story of the 1946 Aboriginal Pastoral Workers' Strike. Eight hundred aboriginal station workers walked off sheep stations in the north west of Western Australia, marking the beginning of a strike which lasted more than three years. The strike was more than a demand for better wages and conditions, it was a struggle for basic human rights.