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In 1970, Shirley Smith along with Ken Brindle and Chicka and Elsa Dixon, led a group of young Aboriginal men and women who were involved in the Gurindji campaign for land rights. This same group helped to establish the Aboriginal Legal Service in 1971, the Aboriginal Medical Service in 1972, the Aboriginal Black Theatre, the Aboriginal Breakfast Program/ Murrawina, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, the Aboriginal Children’s Service, the Aboriginal Housing Company and the Detoxification Centre at Wiseman’s Ferry. Her work was commemorated with an Order of Australia and an Order of the British Empire.