Wave Hill Station

Wave Hill Station is located in Northern Territory
Wave Hill Station
Wave Hill Station
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Location in Northern Territory
Nathaniel Buchanan, pioneer, pastoralist and explorer
Donkey team at Wave Hill station, Northern Territory, circa 1946
A group of Aboriginal women and children sitting in gully at Wave Hill in 1924
Victoria River
The search for the Kookaburra aeroplane, with the Wave Hill wireless station shown
Aerial View of the station headquarters in 1952
Horse muster, Wave Hill Station, ca. 1954
Remains of the old homestead, Wave Hill Station 1927

Wave Hill Station, most commonly referred to as Wave Hill, is a pastoral lease in the Northern Territory operating as a cattle station. The property is best known as the scene of the Wave Hill walk-off, a strike by Indigenous Australian workers for better pay and conditions, which in turn was an important influence on Aboriginal land rights in Australia.[1][2]

  1. ^ "The Wave Hill 'walk-off' – Fact sheet 224". National Archives of Australia. 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ABCWHS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).