"From Little Things Big Things Grow" is one of Aussie singer/songwriter Paul Kelly's greatest moments from a huge catalogue that dates back to about 1981. This song is from his 1991 double album 'Comedy'. Paul Kelly has always been a great story teller through his songs and this time the story is of aboriginal land rights. It was co-written with Kev Carmody, around a camp fire one night. It is an interesting protest song about Vincent Lingiari who led a strike of his Gurindji people from the stock stations that had taken over their own land and they were forced to work as stockmen. Their conditions and pay were a disgrace and when they walked off the land in 1966 they were protesting as much about their land rights as their conditions and pay. The strike lasted 7 years but what it subsequently led to was a land hand back in 1975 and the passing of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act legislation in 1976. A great story, told in the best way possible..... with a guitar, a harmonica and Paul Kelly on vocals.
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