THE BRIDGE ISSUE FLARES TUESDAY JULY 26 1994 by Brothers in arms leader The Hindmarsh Island issue remains far from over as a bitter wrangle about different Aboriginal Tribal beliefs has been brought to the boil . Brothers Allan and John Campbell arrived in Goolwa last Friday, claiming to be direct descendants of the Kumarangk tribe the original inhabitant of Hindmarsh Island . Mr Campbell said the decision by Federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Robert Ticker, to stop the Hindmarsh Island Bridge may have been made on the basis of contrived evidence . He said he and his family of 14 brothers and sisters were unaware of the site bring significant to womans issues as claimed by several Aboriginal women who made submissions to Professor Cheryl Saunders who investigated the bridge issue for Mr Ticker . If it was a place of womens issue, there would not have a community here ; men would not have lived here , women would not have lived here. But this whole area was home to our people, the Kumarangk tribes . Mr Campbell said there were areas of Hindmarsh Island which had burial and scared Aboriginal sites that was he was well aware of. But he felt the womens issues matter has been exaggerated to help the cause of the anti bridge campaign . Weve had a bunch of women running around like chooks on heat. Everyone is jumping on the bandwagon and these women are making their own history . Mr Campbell said his own mother and grandmother who had lived the district for more than 90 years had told him they had not of the women issues claim . He said they, more than anyone, should know, being of Kumarangk tribe. These other women making these claims are the wrong people ; this is not their place . The Campbell brothers met on Hindmarsh with their uncle, John McHughes, [ in this photo in the Times news artical ] who has also publicly question Mr Tickners ruling . All three agreed there was someone other than a native person stirring all this up . Asked if he supported the bridge being built , Mr Campbell said ; Indirectly I dont think its going be 25 years before one is built it might even be within 12 months if they negotiate with the right people . The Campbells planned to carry out their own survey of the Island and said they would be contacting Mr Tickners office to discuss the issue. They have also be holding talks with Marina Goolwa developers Tom And Wendy Chapman.
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