The Long Walk

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The Long Walk

It began in Adelaide and covered 85 kilometres as it made its way south to the town of Goolwa. There it ended in Amelia Park at the water's edge of Kumarangk, also known as Hindmarsh Island.

Walking from November 25-30, 1996, hundreds of activists and their supporters proclaimed the event: a journey for peace, for sharing knowledge and for protest.

They have struggled to stop the building of a bridge between Goolwa and Kumarangk. The protesters viewed such a project as a serious threat to the already bruised environment of Kumarangk and its surrounding waters. They also regarded it as another attempt by the "powers that be" to launch another attack against various aspects of the heritage of the local Aboriginal community, the Ngarrindjeri people.

This is a video documenting the first and final two days of the Long Walk.

To order a copy of this video, send a cheque or a money order for A$35 (includes Express Post delivery within Australia) to: Avante Media Australia, PO Box 254, Brooklyn Park, SA 5032. Phone (08) 8235 0073.

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