Bob Brown raised in rural New south wales, had earned a medical degree from the university of sydney in 1968. He had moved to Tasmania in 1972 and worked as a medical general practitioner in Launceston. He soon became involved in the state's environmental movement, in particular the campaign to save Lake Pedder. Here he founded Tasmania Wilderness Society and led a series of protests against proposed Dam on Tasmania's Franklin river. By 1972 he was a member of the newly formed United Tasmania Group, Australia's first "green" party.
In 1976 he fasted for a week on top of Mt Wellington in protest against the arrival at Hobart of the nuclear powered warship USS Enterprise. In 1978 Brown was appointed director of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society.
In the late 1970s he emerged as a leader of the campaign to prevent construction of the Franklin river Dam, which would have drowned the Franklin River valley as part of a hydro-electricity project.
He had headed a four month lond demonstration and blockade against the franklin river dam project that drew some 2500 peopleto the dam site in late 1982 and early 1983.
This had resulted into a nukmber of arrests. Brown was among the 1500 people arrested while protesting during the campaign. He subsequently spent 19 days in Hobart's Risdon Prison.
On the day of his release in 1983, he became a member of Tasmania's parliament for the House of Assembly seat. he was the first Green representative of the body.
He was the first person who laid foundation of conservation of wild life and especially the parrots around Tasmania's franklin river vally, that might have extinguished due to the tree destruction during the proposed dam project.
Here he had used the illegal means of demonstrations and blockade running through four months, but his end of saving the wild life species from getting extinguished was certainly noble and worth appreciation. This means, here, the end was more important than the means used to achieve it.
The Franklin campaign was a success after Federal government intervention protected the Franklin River in 1983.
In 1976 he fasted for a week on top of Mt Wellington in protest against the arrival at Hobart of the nuclear powered warship USS Enterprise. In 1978 Brown was appointed director of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society.
In the late 1970s he emerged as a leader of the campaign to prevent construction of the Franklin river Dam, which would have drowned the Franklin River valley as part of a hydro-electricity project.
He had headed a four month lond demonstration and blockade against the franklin river dam project that drew some 2500 peopleto the dam site in late 1982 and early 1983.
This had resulted into a nukmber of arrests. Brown was among the 1500 people arrested while protesting during the campaign. He subsequently spent 19 days in Hobart's Risdon Prison.
On the day of his release in 1983, he became a member of Tasmania's parliament for the House of Assembly seat. he was the first Green representative of the body.
He was the first person who laid foundation of conservation of wild life and especially the parrots around Tasmania's franklin river vally, that might have extinguished due to the tree destruction during the proposed dam project.
Here he had used the illegal means of demonstrations and blockade running through four months, but his end of saving the wild life species from getting extinguished was certainly noble and worth appreciation. This means, here, the end was more important than the means used to achieve it.
The Franklin campaign was a success after Federal government intervention protected the Franklin River in 1983.
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