Overview
- First in-depth study of the 1979 Terania Creek protest, one of the most significant examples of modern environmental activism
- Explores how activists techniques used during this forest blockade have been disseminated on individual, national and international levels
- Challenges claims that the Australian protest movement was modelled on those of the USA and Britain
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History (PSWEH)
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About this book
This book tells the story of Terania Creek – the world’s first direct action blockade in defence of a forest, occurring in Australia in 1979. Contrary to claims that the Australian counterculture was a mere imitation of overseas models, the Australian movement, coalescing with a home-grown environment movement, came of age at Terania Creek. After five years of ‘polite’ campaigning failed to stop the logging of ancient Gondwanan rainforest, an organic and spontaneous blockade erupted that would see the forging of a number of ingenious blockading techniques and strategies. The activist repertoire developed at Terania Creek has since echoed across the country, and across the Earth. This book draws on extensive oral history interviews as well as photographs taken of the protest in 1979; such rich source material brings the story to life. Terania Creek and the Forging of Modern Environmental Activism will therefore appeal to both a scholarly audience as well as activists, practitioners, and counterculturalists.
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About the author
Vanessa Bible is an Honorary Associate and Adjunct Lecturer in History and Peace Studies at the University of New England, Australia. As both an academic and an activist, Vanessa’s research interests lie within the environmental humanities and include environmental peace, environmental advocacy, and Australian environmental history, with a specific focus on counterculture and activism.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Terania Creek and the Forging of Modern Environmental Activism
Authors: Vanessa Bible
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70470-8
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70469-2Published: 24 January 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70470-8Published: 09 January 2018
Series ISSN: 2730-9746
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9754
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 114
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: Australasian History, Environment Studies, Modern History, Social History, Political History