Helen Gee (environmentalist)

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Helen Gee
Born1950 (1950)
Launceston
Died2012 (2013)
NationalityAustralian
OccupationConservationist
OrganizationThe Wilderness Society
PartnerBob Graham

Helen Gee was an Australian author, editor, conservationist and environmental activist.

She was also one of the founding members of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society.[1]

She was author and editor of two important works in relation to conservation and environment in Tasmania - The South West Book,[2] and Fight for the forests.[3]

She had written a book for the Wilderness Society about the

Franklin Dam.[4]

She collaborated on other works,[5] including a number of papers for the South West Tasmania Resources Survey.[6][7]

She also was involved in the compilation of Tasmanian poetry in River of verse.[8][9]

After her death Bob Brown gave a eulogy at a memorial event in Lindisfarne, Tasmania.[10] Later another item from the pen of Geoff Law in Hobart appeared.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Support the life that supports you".
  2. ISBN 978-0-85802-056-6{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link
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  3. ISBN 978-1-875768-09-7
  4. ISBN 978-0-908412-00-6
  5. ISBN 978-1-921248-10-8
  6. ISBN 978-0-7246-1005-1{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link
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  7. ISBN 978-0-7246-0567-5{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link
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  8. ISBN 978-0-646-44182-5
  9. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/verbatim/helen-gee/3662588 ABC Verbatim programme archived interview from 2011 see also Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Radio National (25 July 2005), Helen Gee, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 5 November 2017
  10. ^ http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php/article/for-the-children-For the children ... at the Lindisfarne Citizens’ Activities Centre, Hobart on Sunday, 23 December 2012.
  11. ^ http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php/article/a-very-special-grace A very special grace Geoff Law 26.08.13 (noting that the photo captions have mistakes)


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