Abstract
This article discusses the boycott of the MBE investiture of George Winunguj on Goulburn Island in 1972 in a protest over land rights claims. It asks: what were the influences that led a small group of Aborigines on a remote mission in Arnhem Land to protest in such an unusual way? I argue that the Goulburn Islanders, assisted by the mission superintendent and inspired by Aboriginal land rights activists elsewhere, found their voice through ‘the boycott’ in their fight to protect their land. ‘The boycott’ influenced political action by others in the region after the event through the ‘Land not Medals’ campaign.
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