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Monday 21 February 2022

Monday Mural - Tribute to Vincent Lingiari

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth, Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.  Thanks, Sami.

This is one of the 12 murals painted for the 2021 Darwin Street Art Festival, in August last year, by local artist Jesse Bell, and can be found in a vacant block of land on the corner of Bennett and Cavenagh Streets in Darwin's Central Business District. 


"This mural is a very special memorial piece for the late, great Vincent Lingiari. Vincent Lingiari was a Gurindji man from Central Western NT working and living at Wave Hill Station. In the 1960's Wave Hill became a flash point for Aboriginal Rights with workers demanding improved  pay and working conditions as well as the repatriation of some of their traditional lands. Vincent was elected to become the leader of the workers, and took the fight to Canberra and gained national attention for the movement. After 8 years of striking the fight at Wave Hill reshaped the conversation around Aboriginal land rights and ultimately culminated in land being handed back to the Gurindji people and the symbolic gesture of Gough Whitlam (Australian Prime Minister from 1972/1975) pouring sand into Vincent Lingiari's hands.   Later, Australian musician Paul Kelly wrote the hit song "From Little Things Big Things Grow" which tells the story of Vincent Lingiari's fight at Wave Hill, a song that helped immortalise the story in the public eye"


Wave Hill Walk Off with the Gurindji workers sitting and striking 


The symbolic finale of the fight with Gough pouring sand into Vincent's hands 


 

50 comments:

  1. ...this monochrome mural is impressive and makes a powerful statement. Thanks Sami for hosting, take care and stay well.

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  2. It'a very nice mural and wonderful tribute to a deserving man.

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    1. Thanks Sharon. He certainly did a lot for Aboriginal rights

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  3. The black and white is very interesting. I like this one.

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  4. Thank you for the interesting story of a man who accomplished something. The mural is a lovely tribute to his memory.

    best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  5. I love the image of Gough pouring the sand.

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  6. Here is mine Sami, https://mywanderings.travel.blog/2022/02/21/which-way-mural/

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  7. Love street art festivals, this is a great find.

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    1. We haven't had one in Perth for a few years.

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  8. I learned a bit about the history of this area through your writing today and that powerful mural you shared. Thanks for the history lesson, Sami.

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    1. Thank you Elizabeth, it is a powerful mural.

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  9. This mural is impressive and I am glad I could learn about late, great Vincent Lingiari. It shares a strong message.

    Thanks for hosting and Have a great week ahead!

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  10. Absolutamente espectacular.
    Boa semana

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  11. Great mural, Thanks for the post.

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  12. A very big mural. You know what I mean...

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  13. thank you very much for this information about the struggle of aboriginal people to preserve their rights and culture. I like that the murals also have an educational purpose and remind us of history. This one is very well done

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    1. Thank you Kwarkito. Very educational and historical :)

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  14. A wonderful and meaningful tribute to a deserving man. I also like the phrase "from little things big things grow". Thank you for hosting. Happy new week.

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    1. Thanks Nancy. A good phrase that can be applied to many things in life.

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  15. An important person to remember and the mural does that well.

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  16. Good one with a moving story.

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  17. It looks like the former prime minister was not happy to be pouring the sand into Vincent's hands.

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    1. Maybe it was just a solemn occasion and he had a stern look.
      He was apparently a good Prime-Minister instituting a large number of changes which included the termination of military conscription, institution of universal health care for all Australians, free university education (which no longer is), and the implementation of legal aid programmes.

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  18. What a spectacular tribute and well earned.

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  19. We need more people in the world like him.

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    1. We certainly need more people who can put the world right and make things more equal for all. Thanks Pat

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  20. Interesting post. Once in a while, a little bit of justice squeezes through the system.

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    1. Thank you Linda. It's good to get justice sometimes.

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  21. Thank heavens for the men and women who stand up for their rights. This is a beautifully painted and meaningful mural Sami.
    P.s. will call you next week, so much going on over here :)

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    1. Thanks Grace. Glad some people stand up for their rights.

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  22. Great mural and tribute.

    All the best Jan

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