Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy

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The Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy was a protracted Australian legal and political dispute in the 1990s over the construction of a bridge opposed by Ngarrindjeri women on the grounds of secret Aboriginal cultural and spiritual heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian historical event ⓘ
legal dispute ⓘ
political controversy ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
State of South Australia ⓘ
linked to: South Australia
chronology Commonwealth heritage protection declaration initially made then overturned ⓘ
bridge proposal announced in early 1990s ⓘ
bridge ultimately completed despite opposition ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
describedBySource Australian legal scholarship ⓘ
Australian political history literature ⓘ
endTime late 1990s ⓘ
hasCause proposal to construct a bridge from Goolwa to Hindmarsh Island ⓘ
hasEffect changes to Aboriginal heritage protection law ⓘ
construction of Hindmarsh Island Bridge ⓘ
public debate on authenticity of secret women’s business ⓘ
hasParticipant Australian Federal Government ⓘ
Chapman family ⓘ
Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs ⓘ
Ngarrindjeri people ⓘ
Ngarrindjeri women ⓘ
South Australian Government ⓘ
hasTopic Indigenous rights in Australian law ⓘ
heritage protection versus economic development ⓘ
role of secrecy in Indigenous cultural claims ⓘ
legalBasis Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 ⓘ
locatedIn Murray River mouth region ⓘ
linked to: Coorong region
location Goolwa, South Australia ⓘ
linked to: Goolwa

Hindmarsh Island ⓘ
mainSubject Hindmarsh Island Bridge ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national media attention in Australia ⓘ
notableAspect conflict between development and Indigenous cultural protection ⓘ
dispute over validity of secret women’s business ⓘ
impact on Ngarrindjeri community relationships ⓘ
tension between oral tradition and legal standards of evidence ⓘ
opposedBy Ngarrindjeri women ⓘ
opposedOnGroundsOf Aboriginal spiritual significance ⓘ
protection of women’s business ⓘ
secret Aboriginal cultural heritage ⓘ
relatedTo Aboriginal heritage protection ⓘ
Indigenous land rights in Australia ⓘ
cultural secrecy in Indigenous traditions ⓘ
significantEvent 1994 Federal inquiry into Hindmarsh Island bridge ⓘ
1995 Royal Commission into Hindmarsh Island bridge ⓘ
High Court case Kartinyeri v Commonwealth ⓘ
significantPeriod 1990s ⓘ
startTime 1993 ⓘ

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Ngarrindjeri people → hasHistoricalEvent → Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy ⓘ
Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy → significantEvent → 1995 Royal Commission into Hindmarsh Island bridge ⓘ
linked to: Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy
Hindmarsh Island → hasHistoricalEvent → Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy ⓘ
Hindmarsh Island → knownFor → Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy ⓘ
Hindmarsh Island Bridge → associatedWith → Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy ⓘ
Hindmarsh Island Bridge → subjectOf → Royal Commission into Hindmarsh Island Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy
Ngarrindjeri → hasNotableEvent → Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy ⓘ
Chapman family → legalOutcomeRelatedTo → Royal Commission into Hindmarsh Island bridge affair ⓘ
linked to: Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy
Kartinyeri v Commonwealth → alsoKnownAs → Hindmarsh Island Bridge case (constitutional challenge) ⓘ
linked to: Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy