FREEDOM DAY 50 | GURINDJI ALL STARS - From Little Things

An impromptu performance, full of tears, emotions and fireworks.
Live from the Main Stage @ Freedom Day 50 Festival - www.freedomday50.com.au
The song was co-written by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody and is based on the story of The Gurindji Strike and Vincent Lingiari. It describes how the Gurindji people's claim sparked the Indigenous land rights movement. The protest led to the Commonwealth Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. The Act gave Indigenous people freehold title to traditional lands in the Northern Territory and the power of veto over mining and development on those lands. In 1975, 3,236 km² of land was handed back to the Gurindji people.
Carmody described writing the song:
"Paul Kelly and I had gone away on a camping trip in about '91 or something and we just kind of pulled it out around the campfire. Paul had a good chord progression and I thought it would be good to tell a little story over it. So, by about 2 o'clock in the morning, we had a six-minute song."
- Kev Carmody, 2008
Filmed by Dylan Miller & Joshua T.
Edited by Dylan Miller & Joshua T at the Wardan Aboriginal Centre WA
Audio Mastering Sean @ Fur Real Studios WA
Produced with the assistance of the Community Broadcasting Foundation - CBF dot com dot au.
For the GURINDJI Aboriginal Corporation & KARUNGKARNI ARTs

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What a wonderful song....I find myself singing the chorus throughout the day.....💜