The return to station employment of many strikers as a result of the concessions they had won in the strike was publicised by the Department through local newspapers.

Native Station Hands Return to their Former Jobs
Native Station Hands Return to their Former Jobs newspaper article
Citation

West Australian, 15 March 1950, p. 16, ‘Former Station Hands Return to their Former Jobs.'

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The wool ban was lifted as a result of guarantees made to McLeod by Native Affairs officer Sydney Elliott-Smith, but the Western Australian government bowed to Pastoralists’ Association and the Australian Workers’ Union protests and denied that any agreement had been made. Nevertheless, the strikers’ actions, supported by the Seamen’s Union, led to significant concessions being granted by the Department of Native Affairs.