The Franklin River Blockade 1983, Tasmania (Part 1 of 2)

On December 14th 1982, the Tasmanian Wilderness Society began an onsight blockade of construction work on a dam to flood the Franklin River in south west Tasmania. This action was the culmination of 7 years protest against the proposed dam.

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• 1983

[Wilbo43]

People power prevailed. Now lets stop this obscene pulp mill in the beautiful Tamar Valley.

[grislegrub]

One only hopes that the people of Australia will rally and fight with the same passion against the proposed pulp mill in the tamar valley, launceston, tasmania.

[Robert6008]

You are right Dave, you are a real Aussie!

[fawnha]

This was one of Australia's finest moments. So proud of those guys.

[elizajj]

Amazing :)

[MYMENKESENSES]

Your accusations are entirely false. I am a uni student... super rich? haha i wish. Most aren't hypocrits, if you do some proper, unbaised research (journal articles, forgoe the courier mail please :)) there are many strong arguments against nuclear and dams, i.e. species impacts and limited lifetimes of dams (sedimentation etc). When technology such as solar, wind, geothermal and wave are available, one has to question why costly alternatives such as nuclear and dams are considered.

[MYMENKESENSES]

Mate your acusations are totally unfair. Whilst some environmentalists may be ignorant and indulgent in their moral superiority, you're missing the point. A lot of 'us' understand how complex these issues are, and how there are many stakeholders values which are necessary to understand if these issues are to be resolved.

[davetheaussie1]

The environmental movement are hypocrits. They want lower carbon emissions, but they protest whenever anyone tries to build dams or nuclear power plants - major sources of energy that don't emit CO2. They are akin to a religious cult, aimed at preventing devolpment and lowering living standards. They are bankrolled by the super-rich elite, and not the downtrodden masses.

[Bassflicker]

What?? the fact thatsit is soo remote makes the protest all that more special! Its just beautiful and very worthy of saying, full stop!

[acidjazzme]

WOW, if only this kind of protesting can happen in the SEQ area of Traveston near Gympie where the state government is going to build a dam that will be so shallow it will never be full. The Australian Lung Fish & the Mary River Turtle will be totally wiped outof existance.

[nomorepropaghanda]

this is the sort of passion that convinces myself to wake up in the morning with a huge smile on my face.

it restores my hope in the world and a hope for a better future.

it's so possible, we've just got to be willing to fight for what is right

and i know each and every person has it in their hearts to do so.