In 1978 the Tas government announced plans to create a hydro-electric dam on the Gordon River in South West Tasmania. This book is a personal account of what followed - the greatest environmental protest ever seen in Australia - richly illustrated with original, never-before published photographs, by someone who spent two weeks at the blockade immediately prior to the Federal election in 1983 that ultimately resulted in the dam being stopped. 

A key element of the protest was non-violent-action to disrupt work at the dam site on the Gordon River, that resulted in hundreds of protesters being arrested. A protest base was established by the Tasmanian Wilderness Society near Strahan on a property affectionately named ‘Greenie Acres'. The stunning photographs have an immediacy that enable the reader to share in the intense experience of being part of the blockade on the Gordon. Includes a foreword by Bob Brown.

Author: Ian Wright
ISBN: 9781764145909
Type: Paperback
Pages: 124
Dimensions: 210x297mm
Publisher: Ian Wright
Published Date: November 2025