Vai Stanton

Component identifier:: Series 6
Content Summary:: Mimbinggal Violet (Vai) McGinness Stanton (1929-1995), Aboriginal welfare worker and elder of Kungarakany and Gurindji descent. She was one of the central participants in the 1981 Maranunggu, Kungarakany Aboriginal Land Rights land claim, being a witness for the Kungarakany people. Olive met Vai whilst camping beside the East Alligator River in the Northern Territory in 1978 during protests against uranium mining.

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Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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