Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy

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Australian historical event legal dispute political controversy

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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Label	Occurrences
Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy canonical	3
1995 Royal Commission into Hindmarsh Island bridge	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian historical event ⓘ legal dispute ⓘ political controversy ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ South Australia ⓘ surface form: State of 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 government ⓘ surface form: Australian Federal Government Chapman family ⓘ Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs ⓘ Ngarrindjeri people ⓘ Ngarrindjeri women ⓘ Government of South Australia ⓘ surface form: 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	Coorong region ⓘ surface form: Murray River mouth region
location	Goolwa ⓘ surface form: Goolwa, South Australia 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 ⓘ Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 → Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1995 Royal Commission into Hindmarsh Island bridge

Hindmarsh Island → hasHistoricalEvent → Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy ⓘ

Hindmarsh Island → knownFor → Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy ⓘ