Thursday, 6 January 2011

The First Nations of Australia - birth of a political party in The Northern Territory

FNNP flag

The First Nations Political Party (FNPP) is being launched by Maurie Japarta Ryan, grandson of stockman Vincent Lingiari, who led the 1966-75 walk-off from Wave Hill station, then owned by British Lord Vestey.

Maurie Japarta Ryan, a Gurindji elder, has worked towards forming an Indigenous political party since he taught at a school in the remote Top End community of Kalkaringi in the Northern Territory, some 30 years ago.

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