<P> Coordinates: 17 ° 23 ′ 13" S 131 ° 06 ′ 59" E ﻿ / ﻿ 17.38698 ° S 131.11641 ° E ﻿ / - 17.38698; 131.11641 Wave Hill walk - off or The Gurindji strike was a walk - off and strike by 200 Gurindji stockmen, house servants and their families in August 1966 at Wave Hill cattle station in Kalkarindji (formerly known as Wave Hill), Northern Territory . </P> <P> The Gurindji people's traditional lands are approximately 3,250 km2 of the Northern Territory . Gurindji first encountered Europeans in the 1850s, when explorer Augustus Gregory crossed into their territory . Several other explorers traversed the area over the following decades until the 1880s, when large pastoral operations were established . </P>

When did the wave hill walk off occur