Hindmarsh Island Bridge - Goolwa, South Australia
Location: Hindmarsh Island Bridge linking the island to Goolwa
Date: April 2009
Camera: Nikon D90
Bridge over troubled Water
Hindmarsh Island Bridge linking the island to Goolwa
March 4, 2001 saw the official opening of the Hindmarsh Island Bridge linking the island to Goolwa. The bridge became a focus of national controversy when some landowners and a section of the local Indigenous people (the Ngarrindjeri) objected to its construction. It was alleged that the Ngarrindjeri objectors fabricated the cultural significance of the island (the Secret Women’s Business) in order to help fight the development. A latter Royal commission decided that the Secret Women’s Business was made up. Construction was blocked by the Keating Government but given the go-ahead by the Howard Government in 1996.
