In 1966 Vincent Lingiari led the Gurindji people away from Wave Hill station, turning a demand for equal wages into a defining stand for land, dignity and self-determination. The walk-off lasted nearly a decade and helped shift the national conversation, culminating in the powerful 1975 ceremony at Daguragu where Prime Minister Gough Whitlam poured soil into Lingiari’s hands — a moment that has become one of the most enduring images in Australian history. A year later the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 became the first law in the country to recognise claims based on traditional ownership. Sixty years after the walk-off and fifty years after the Act, this silver proof coin honours that legacy of courage and the vision that “blackfella and whitefella unite as one.”

Struck to impeccable proof quality in 99.9% pure silver, the reverse brings the story to life with striking clarity. In the foreground the Gurindji community walks beneath the sun, their long shadows stretching across the land and forming the word “UNITY.” The horizon transforms into the open hand of Vincent Lingiari receiving the soil of Country, while his words of hope and togetherness fill the sky. The inscriptions mark both the 1966 Walk Off and the 1976 Act. Limited to a mintage of just 6,500, each coin is presented in a refined black display case within a carton that features the famous Mervyn Bishop photograph of the 1975 handback — a thoughtful and lasting tribute to a pivotal chapter in Australia’s shared history.