This Native Affairs report on conditions on Roy Hill Station shows that, by September 1953, wages and conditions for Aboriginal workers had significantly improved as a result of Daisy Bindi’s actions.

Report of Conditions on Roy Hill Station
Tilbrook Native Affairs Patrol Report
Citation

Harvey Tilbrook, Native Affairs patrol report no. 1 of 53/54, September 1953, p. 12, SROWA, 1952/0573/072.

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Daisy Bindi Leads People from Roy Hill Station

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Among those who left stations at this time was a dynamic woman called Daisy Bindi, who led almost a hundred people into the cooperative from Roy Hill station in early 1952, after their negotiations with station management had failed to achieve the improvements in wages and conditions they were seeking.