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Name	Down the Track and Around the World: The Mobility of Dexter Daniels - 1966
Description	How might university and secondary school students engage with the political significance of Indigenous mobilities in modern Australia? We approach this question in teaching the history of an influential but largely forgotten Aboriginal activist, Dexter Daniels (c.1936-1999), who travelled great distances from his home community in the Northern Territory to advocate for Indigenous land and labour rights during the 1960s. The story of Daniels’ travelling life and activities is a powerful vehicle for understanding the importance of networks and connections in Indigenous rights struggles (nationally and globally), and the obstacles and challenges that activists face. This map details the travels of Dexter Daniels throughout Australia in 1966.
Type	Journey
Subject	mobility, Aboriginal history, Indigenous mobility, Aboriginal activism
Linkback	https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research/centre/purai/from-ngukurr-to-newcastle
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Content Warning	Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples are advised that this map includes the names of Indigenous Australians who have passed away. It also contains links to information from a period which uses language that is considered inappropriate or even offensive today.
Number of places	24

Contributor	Kate Senior
Creator	Coralie Properjohn & Dr Jacqueline Wright
Publisher	Purai Global Indigenous History Centre
Contact	purai@newcastle.edu.au
DOI
Source URL	https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research/centre/purai/from-ngukurr-to-newcastle
License	CCBY-NC-ND
Allow ANPS?	No
Citation	https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research/centre/purai/from-ngukurr-to-newcastle
Usage Rights	Please contact purai@newcastle.edu.au if you would like to use this map in publications.

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Updated	2026-09-02 14:28:41

🌏 Helen Springs

Placename: Helen Springs
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-18.39169

Longitude

133.87714

Start Date

4/08/1966

End Date

4/11/1966

Description

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Purpose of Visit: Visit to Helen Springs Station near Tennant Creek. ASIO telegram reads, "This incident is unique, in that it is the first direct action taken by the N.T. Aborigines, under the guidance of a full blood aboriginal union organiser" ASIO Regional Director, NT
References: NAA Volume 1 page 33
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025003&isAv=N

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TLCMap ID

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Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Newcastle Waters Station

Placename: Newcastle Waters Station
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-17.37551039

Longitude

133.4392987

Start Date

5/04/1966

End Date

5/05/1966

Description

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Purpose of Visit: Leaves school. Works at Roper River Mission Garage
References: 04 May 1966 - ABORIGINES' BIG STEP - Trove
Links: 18 May 1966 - ABORIGINES DETERMINED TO WIN A BETTER DEAL - Trove

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TLCMap ID

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Updated At

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🌏 Darwin

Placename: Darwin
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-12.462827

Longitude

130.841782

Start Date

16/08/1966

End Date

17/08/1966

Description

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Purpose of Visit: Dexter Daniels, Walter Rogers and Mick Pagonis left Darwin by truck to investigate conditions in Wave Hill
References: "This visit by Daniels was extremely well timed as the white people of this area were away at the Negri (W.A.) Picnic Races for the weekend". NAA Volume 1, page 52

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TLCMap ID

tf8126

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🌏 Wave Hill

Placename: Wave Hill
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-17.45

Longitude

131.07

Start Date

20/08/1966

End Date

21/08/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Visits cattle station to speak with Aboriginal stockmen about equal pay
References: NAA Volume 1 page 39
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025003&isAv=N

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TLCMap ID

tf8127

Created At

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🌏 Victoria River Downs

Placename: Victoria River Downs
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-16.40359

Longitude

131.01482

Start Date

21/08/1966

End Date

22/08/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Visits cattle station to speak with Aboriginal stockmen about equal pay
References: NAA Volume 1 page 39
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025003&isAv=N

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TLCMap ID

tf8128

Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Katherine

Placename: Katherine
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-14.46517

Longitude

132.26347

Start Date

22/08/1966

End Date

23/08/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Returns to Darwin via Katherine
References: NAA Volume 1 page 52
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025003&isAv=N

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TLCMap ID

tf8129

Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Wave Hill

Placename: Wave Hill
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-17.45

Longitude

131.07

Start Date

29/08/1966

End Date

9/03/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Dexter Daniels, Brian Manning and Robert Tudawali Wilson visit Wave Hill and provide rations
References: ASIO Contact report NAA Volume 1, page 54
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025003&isAv=N

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TLCMap ID

tf812a

Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Darwin

Placename: Darwin
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-12.462827

Longitude

130.841782

Start Date

9/03/1966

End Date

9/04/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Returns to Darwin via Katherine
References: NAA Volume 1 page 52
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025003&isAv=N

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TLCMap ID

tf812b

Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Darwin

Placename: Darwin
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-12.462827

Longitude

130.841782

Start Date

22/09/1966

End Date

23/09/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Dexter in Darwin, social evening with Frank Hardy and Jim Bowditch, editor of NT News
References: ASIO Contact report NAA Volumej 1, page 55
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025003&isAv=N

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TLCMap ID

tf812c

Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Sydney University

Placename: Sydney University
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.88599646

Longitude

151.1856659

Start Date

10/12/1966

End Date

13/10/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Dexter Daniels and Captain Major leave Darwin for a lecture tour - arrive Sydney. Guests of Actor's Equity, Building Workers Industrial Union and the Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Attend the 10th anniversary dinner for the Aboriginal-Australian Fellowship. $173 raised in donations from students at Sydney University
References: ASIO NAA Volume 1, p. 57.
Links: 12 Oct 1966 - ABORIGINE LEADERS VISIT SYDNEY - Trove

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TLCMap ID

tf812d

Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Sydney

Placename: Sydney
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.86785

Longitude

151.20732

Start Date

13/10/1966

End Date

14/10/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Interview in Sydney at Actors Equity office. Q. Can white men replace Aboriginal stockmen in the Northern Territory. DD: No. Later he added, "the work is too hard for white men"
References: A straight 'no' to a black and white question. SMH article NAA Volume 1, p. 66 McCarthy, H. 1966.
Links: 19 Oct 1966 - Two quiet men who ask for dignity--and support - Trove

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TLCMap ID

tf812e

Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Sydney

Placename: Sydney
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.86785

Longitude

151.20732

Start Date

14/10/1966

End Date

15/10/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Guest of the Union of Australian women, introduced by Faith Bandler, Sydney
References: NAA Volume 2, p. 72
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025004&isAv=N

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TLCMap ID

tf812f

Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Canberra

Placename: Canberra
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.282001

Longitude

149.128998

Start Date

17/10/1966

End Date

18/10/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Dexter Daniels and Captain Major meet with Federal parliamentarians to plead their case for Aboriginal people
References: NAA Volume 2, p. 3
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025004&isAv=N

Sources

TLCMap ID

tf8130

Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Sydney

Placename: Sydney
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-33.86785

Longitude

151.20732

Start Date

24/10/1966

End Date

25/10/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Meet Channel 2, 9am. 12pm meeting Garden Island 17:15 meet at Actors Equity federal council. 19:30 appear in "People"
References: ASIO Intercept report. NAA volume 2 p. 91
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025004&isAv=N

Sources

TLCMap ID

tf8131

Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Wollongong

Placename: Wollongong
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-34.424

Longitude

150.89345

Start Date

25/10/1966

End Date

26/10/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: 1pm address Sydney University students. 1500 leave for Wollongong to address South Coast Labour Council
References: NAA Volume 2, p. 91
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025004&isAv=N

Sources

TLCMap ID

tf8132

Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Newcastle Trades Hall

Placename: Newcastle Trades Hall
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-32.916668

Longitude

151.75

Start Date

26/10/1966

End Date

27/10/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Dexter Daniels addresses Newcastle Trades Hall "We have got a problem, a hard problem. We have a fight on our hands and we need the support of the Southern Trades Unions"
References: NewcastleTrades Hall Council minutes 20.10.1966

Sources

TLCMap ID

tf8133

Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Canberra

Placename: Canberra
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-35.282001

Longitude

149.128998

Start Date

27/10/1966

End Date

28/10/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Dexter Daniels and Captain Major in Canberra to meet with Gordon Bryant, Labor member for Mills
References: NAA Volume 2, p. 69
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025004&isAv=N

Sources

TLCMap ID

tf8134

Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Melbourne Trades Hall

Placename: Melbourne Trades Hall
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-37.8064763

Longitude

144.9638029

Start Date

28/10/1966

End Date

29/10/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Address Trades Hall in Melbourne (stay for two weeks)

Sources

TLCMap ID

tf8135

Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Monash University

Placename: Monash University
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-37.9078

Longitude

145.133957

Start Date

11/02/1966

End Date

11/03/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: With Captain Major addresses a meeting at Monash University
References: NAA Volume 2, p. 67
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025004&isAv=N

Sources

TLCMap ID

tf8136

Created At

2026-09-02 14:28:41

Updated At

2026-09-02 14:28:41

🌏 North Melbourne

Placename: North Melbourne
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-37.81

Longitude

144.96

Start Date

11/03/1966

End Date

11/04/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Dexter Daniels and Captian Major attend Eureka Youth League meeting
References: NAA Volume 2, p. 104
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025004&isAv=N

Sources

TLCMap ID

tf8137

Created At

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Updated At

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🌏 Melbourne

Placename: Melbourne
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-37.81

Longitude

144.96

Start Date

11/03/1966

End Date

11/04/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Address to the Eureka Youth League, Sydney
References: NAA Volume 2, p. 89
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025004&isAv=N

Sources

TLCMap ID

tf8138

Created At

2026-09-02 14:28:41

Updated At

2026-09-02 14:28:41

🌏 Brisbane

Placename: Brisbane
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-27.46794

Longitude

153.02809

Start Date

16/11/1966

End Date

17/11/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: With Captain Major travel to Brisbane to speak at the QLD Trades and Labour Council, stay at the home of Kath Walker
References: NAA Volume 2, pp. 90 & 96
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025004&isAv=N

Sources

TLCMap ID

tf8139

Created At

2026-09-02 14:28:41

Updated At

2026-09-02 14:28:41

🌏 Communist Party District conference Brisbane

Placename: Communist Party District conference Brisbane
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-27.46794

Longitude

153.02809

Start Date

23/11/1966

End Date

24/11/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Attends Communist Party of Australia, Brisbane District conference
References: NAA Volume 2, p. 109
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025004&isAv=N

Sources

TLCMap ID

tf813a

Created At

2026-09-02 14:28:41

Updated At

2026-09-02 14:28:41

🌏 Barkly Tablelands

Placename: Barkly Tablelands
Type: Other

Location, Dates

Latitude

-17.75

Longitude

135.75

Start Date

12/12/1966

End Date

13/12/1966

Description

Extended Data

Purpose of Visit: Visits Barkly Tablelands with Davis Daniels and George Gibbs
References: NAA Volume 2, p. 108
Links: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4025004&isAv=N

Sources

TLCMap ID

tf813b

Created At

2026-09-02 14:28:41

Updated At

2026-09-02 14:28:41

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