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