Sandra Saunders is a Ngarrindjeri artist and activist. She played a major role in the protesting over the Hindmarsh Island Bridge controversy. The construction of the bridge drew national attention when some island landowners and some of the local Aboriginal people objected to its construction.

She has exhibited alongside Muriel Van Der Byl in the exhibition, 'From Scrap to Art’ at the Austral Hotel in Adelaide in 1998 and again in 2002 in the exhibition 'Where To Now?’ at Synagogue Place in Adelaide. She had a solo show, 'Kumarangk: The Hindmarsh Island Collection’, at Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute in 2004.

Saunders is a sculptor and painter using mixed media. Her works from the Hindmarsh Island series include the media of acrylic, satin, jewels, beads, papier mache, brocade and lace on hardboard. This series of thirty-two paintings tells Saunders’ version of the events of the Hindmarsh Island affair.
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Writers:

Allas, Tess

Date written:

2009

Last updated:

2011