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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

‘That bridge almost broke our mob’: the Ngarrindjeri warrior women and the fight to preserve sacred knowledge

Dr Doreen Kartinyeri holds a red banner reading
Dr Doreen Kartinyeri, at a rally in March 1995, feared the Hindmarsh Island Bridge would destroy Ngarrindjeri culture. Photograph: Denise Noack

There’s a bridge in South Australia, about 300 metres of concrete and steel, that sparked an extraordinary, decades-long saga of heartbreak, skulduggery and vindication.

Millionaire developers, academics, state and federal governments, the media and the courts all played roles in what would become known as the Hindmarsh Island Bridge affair.

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