Curated by leading artist, researcher and curator Brenda Croft, UNSW Galleries exhibition Still In My Mind: Gurindji Location, Experience, and Visuality incorporates a public program conceived to stimulate public discussion and community engagement with the ongoing impact of the Gurindji Walk-Off, a seminal event in Australian history that continues to resonate today.

The Walk-Off, a nine-year act of self-determination that began in 1966 and sparked the national land rights movement, was led by Vincent Lingiari and countrymen and women working at Wave Hill Station (Jinparrak) in the Northern Territory. 

After The Walk-Off: Reflections, Dreams And Actualities is chaired by Hetti Perkins, Arrernte/Kalkadoon woman, independent curator and consultant. Perkins was recently honoured by UNSW with an Alumni Award for her services to Arts and Culture. 

This panel discussion will be led by Indigenous and non-Indigenous speakers that will explore the impact these key historical events continue to have on our national culture and society more than fifty years later and will assess the relevance of the Walk-Off campaign to contemporary Indigenous activism, justice and Land Rights.

Speakers:
Brian Aaron, Save the Gurindji Campaign, Freedom Ride (1965) activist and Communist Party of Australia member

Professor Larissa Behrendt, Professor of Indigenous Research, Jumbunna Institute, University of Technology Sydney 

Lynda-June Coe, of the Wiradjuri people, Fighting in Solidarity Towards Treaty representative.

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Presented in conjunction with 'Still In My Mind: Guringdji Location and Experience and Visuality' at UNSW Galleries.

Curated by renowned Indigenous artist, curator and researcher Brenda L Croft in collaboration with the Kalkaringi community, 'Still In My Mind' explores notions of home, community and country connected to the Gurindji Walk-Off. 

Image: Installation view, 'Still in my Mind', UNSW Galleries, 2017. Photo: Silversalt Photography.