Besides the 30 or so non-indigi ethnic groups living in the opal mining town of Kupa Piti (“white man’s holes”), there are various Aboriginal groups here – and in particular, Antikarinya-Yankunytjatjara, and Kokatha. And now, 50 years on, the nuclear fight continues, different battle, same old war, same old military-industrial-entertainment complex, same old lies and cover-ups. Here, in Australia, and throughout the world.

What is changing now is the manifestation of the voices of the local Indigenous community, and the new alliances they have created with groups and networks sharing their struggle to care for the land and for the well-being of generations of those to come. Hence the Kungkas’ invitation to greenies to become part of their struggle at an environmental conference in Melbourne in 1998, and the subsequent response from young activists. A small core group of young greenies who have made a commitment to live on the land and develop media awareness campaigns and community projects. The aim of this collaboration is to inform Australians (and the wider international networks) about the latest nuclear threat facing one of the most fragile and precious eco-systems on the planet.