Through co-ordinated work with <strong>the</strong> Kaurna people, <strong>the</strong> local traditional owners, FoE worked to secure protection for sections <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Tjilbruke Dreaming track that were threatened by development and o<strong>the</strong>r forms <strong>of</strong> interference. The track is <strong>the</strong> ‘last complete dreaming track <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kaurna people <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Adelaide Plains with a complete song cycle to have survived European settlement’. Gina Kellett and Dave Nurton were long standing and pivotal members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> group. While involved in revegetation projects in <strong>the</strong> hills to <strong>the</strong> east <strong>of</strong> Willunga, <strong>the</strong>y became aware <strong>of</strong> continuing problems with soil erosion in gullies. They initiated a new system that utilised bundles <strong>of</strong> newspapers as biodegradable ‘dams’ that slowed water flow during rain, collected silt and, by providing a medium for seeds to germinate, helped in restoring groundcover and shrubs in <strong>the</strong> gullies. <strong>Thirty</strong> years is a long time in <strong>the</strong> world <strong>of</strong> community politics and social activism, and this book can only <strong>of</strong>fer <strong>the</strong> briefest <strong>of</strong> snap shots <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> longer running FoE groups and campaigns that have operated over this time. Over <strong>the</strong> years <strong>the</strong>re have been FoE groups in <strong>the</strong> following towns, cities and locations, as well as in o<strong>the</strong>rs not recorded in Chain Reaction: Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Adelaide Uni, Alice Springs, Armidale (NSW), Bathurst, Bendigo, <strong>the</strong> Blue Mountains, Black Rock (Vic), Burnie, Bonang (Vic), Ballarat, Bridgetown (WA), Brisbane, Callala Beach (NSW), Cooma, Collingwood, Cessnock, Canberra, Colac (Vic), Darwin, Eltham, Fitzroy, Flinders Uni, Frankston, Glen Waverly (Vic), Goulburn, Grafton, Gosford, Hobart, Hawthorn, Hurstville, Kiama, Kyneton, Lake Macquarie, Launceston, Latrobe Valley, ................................................................................................................................................................................................... Lismore, Latrobe Uni, Jervis Bay, Mitcham, Manjimup, Melbourne, Mt Gambier, Maitland, Macquarie Uni, Mossman, Mullumbimby, Monash Uni, Nedlands (WA), Newcastle, Nowra, Newtown, North Yorke Peninsula (SA), NSW Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology, Ourimbah (NSW), Oakleigh (Vic), Port Pirie, Randwick, Ryde (NSW), Surrey Hills (NSW), St Andrews (Vic), Snowy Mountains, Stanthorpe (QLD), Sydney, Swinburne College (Vic), Seaford (Vic), Townsville, Uni <strong>of</strong> Sydney, Uni <strong>of</strong> New England, Uni <strong>of</strong> WA, Wollongong, Wodonga, Whyalla, Williamstown (SA), Willunga, and Yarrawonga. FoE 30 <strong>Years</strong> 118
Herald Sun Columnist, Andrew Bolt Patrick White, <strong>Australia</strong>n Author, 1980s
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