Ngarrindjeri Flag
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The Ngarrindjeri Flag represents the Ngarrindjeri people who populated the eastern coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula, Coorong and lower Murray River before the colonisation of South Australia.
Background
The flag was designed in 1999 by Matt Rigney, a Ngarrindjeri person, and first flown and raised on 21 November 1999 near the Hindmarsh Island Bridge, which four years earlier was the subject of controversy and culminated in a controversial royal commission. Over 300 Ngarrindjeri people and supporters were present when it was raised.[3]
Design
The blue represents the waters of the Ngarrindjeri nation and the 18 dots represent the 18 Laklinyeris or tribes that form the Ngarrindjeri nation.[1]
The sun is represented as the giver of life, the boomerang is called a sacred boomerang that when thrown the leaders of different Laklinyeris would meet in something called a Tendi to make and interpret the local Ngarrindjeri law.[2][4]
The red represents mother nature, and the two spears are traditional fishing spears.[2][4][5]