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1 7 y separately published work icon From Little Things Big Things Grow Paul Kelly , Kev Carmody , Peter Hudson (illustrator), Kalkarinji School (illustrator), Camberwell East : One Day Hill Affirm Press , 2008 Z1546544 2008 single work picture book children's

From Little Things Big Things Grow presents the lyrics of the Kev Carmody and Paul Kelly song of the same title, alongside the history of the Gurindji people's plight for their traditional land in the Northern Territory.

The song recounts the story of when Vincent Lingiari and other Gurindji workers walked off the Wave Hill cattle station in 1966. What began as a strike over wages and conditions became an eight-year long struggle for the return of traditional lands. It ended in August 1975 when Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically poured sand into old Lingiari's hand. The book is illustrated Queensland artist Peter Hudson and the kids from Gurindji country.

From Little Things Big Things Grow is a not-for-profit project established to raise funds to provide art, heritage, and cultural facilities for Gurindji people, with the assistance of Ian Thorpe's Fountain for Youth.

The budding young artists who illustrated From Little Things Big Things Grow attend the local Kalkaringi Community Education Centre (CEC). Kalkaringi is a remote community approximately 500km southwest of Katherine in the Northern Territory. The school services both Kalkaringi and the nearby community of Dargaragu. (Adapted from Publisher's Website)

1 y separately published work icon Julakwalija Sarah Oscar , Katherine : Kalkarinji School , 1985 9918171 1985 single work picture book children's
1 y separately published work icon Tak Tak Kalkarinji School , Kalkarinji School (illustrator), Katherine : Gurindji Publications , 1985 10082826 1985 single work picture book children's
1 y separately published work icon Yawarta Kilalaj Kalkarinji School , Kalkarinji School (illustrator), Katherine : Gurindji Publications , 1985 10082712 1985 single work picture book children's
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