Agency:
The Wilderness Society (Tasmania Inc)
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1976
Description:
The Wilderness Society (TWS) is a not-for-profit, environmental advocacy group whose mission is protecting, promoting and restoring wilderness and its natural processes. TWS is a politically unaligned group, however, it actively engages the community to lobby politicians and parties.;;;;TWS was formed initially as a protest group called The Tasmanian Wilderness Society to oppose the apparently unchecked power of the Hydro Electric Commission (HEC). The motivation for the formation of the TWS was the planning and construction of the Franklin Dam on the Gordon River in Southwest Tasmania by the HEC.;;;;The group was established in 1976 from the members of the Southwest Action Committee. This Committee, along with the United Tasmania Group, had protested against the flooding of Lake Pedder for hydro-electric power in 1972. TWS established interstate branches within a short time and the group was nation-wide by 1980.;;;;Not withstanding the success in 1983 of the campaign to stop construction of the Franklin Dam, the need emerged for a national approach due to other interstate issues. As a result TWS dropped the word 'Tasmania' from its name and became known as The Wilderness Society.;;
Information Sources:
The Wilderness Society website
Related Agencies:
Arnold Rowlands (NG2167) | 17 Apr 1925 | 01 Oct 2009 |
Robert (Bob) Burton (NG3145) | 01 Jan 1959 |
United Tasmania Group (NG2412) | 23 Mar 1972 | 31 Dec 1979 |
Tasmanian Greens (NG2160) | 01 Aug 1992 |
Series Created By Agency:
NS3814 Campaign Files | 01 Jan 1970 | 31 Dec 2008 |
NS3816 Campaign Scrapbooks | 01 Jan 1970 | 27 Apr 1989 |
NS3823 Publications | 01 Jan 1972 | 31 Dec 1995 |
NS3824 Files relating to Local, National and International Issues | 01 Jan 1972 | 31 Dec 1990 |
NS3819 Journal of the Wilderness Society | 01 Jan 1976 | 31 Dec 1983 |
NS3817 Minutes of Meetings of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society | 22 Aug 1976 | 30 Sep 1987 |
NS7045 Transparencies - Franklin River Campaign | 01 Mar 1978 | 28 Feb 1985 |
NS3818 Wilderness News | 01 Sep 1978 | 30 Jun 1995 |
NS3815 Record of Meetings and Events | 01 Jan 1979 | 31 Dec 1985 |
NS3825 Audio Recordings | 01 Jan 1979 | 31 Dec 1992 |
NS3827 Film and Video | 01 Jan 1980 | 31 Dec 1994 |
NS3828 Photographs | 01 Jan 1980 | 31 Aug 1992 |
NS7119 Posters and Art Work | 01 Mar 1982 | 31 Dec 1992 |
NS3821 Branch Newsletters | 01 Jan 1984 | 31 Dec 1994 |
NS3822 Annual Reports | 01 Jan 1989 | 31 Dec 1991 |