The District Officer of the Department of Native Affairs, Frank Gare, visited the group and reported positively on its operation.
Native Affairs Officers Report Positively
Citation
Frank Gare, Report to Chairman, Committee of Enquiry, D.W. McLeod and Associates, 15 May 1952, SROWA, 1952/0830v1/168-73.
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Obtaining land had been a primary objective of the strike and this was achieved with the purchase of Yandeyarra station from the profits the group had made from mining. Government approval of the movement provided de facto recognition of the right for Aboriginal people to control their own affairs.
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