Film screening: How the West Was Lost

75 years ago, on May 1, 1946, hundreds of Aboriginal workers began walking off dozens of pastoral stations across the Pilbara to fight for wages and better living conditions.

Committed Aboriginal leaders had for months secretly travelled to stations all over the Pilbara to alert Indigenous workers to the strike.

After a hard-fought three-year struggle, supported by Aboriginal rights activists 'down south', the strikers finally achieved their original aim of ‘30 bob a week’, as well as establishing their own communities independent of the previous domination of pastoralists, police and the Department of Native Affairs.

Come join us for a screening and discussion of the film at DADAA (92 Adelaide St, Fremantle).

How the West Was Lost written and produced by David Noakes & Paul Roberts, tells the story of the 1946 Pilbara strike, featuring interviews with strike participants and supporters.

Tickets: $10 waged / $5 concession

Trailer: How The West Was Lost. Ronin Films.

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