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Photos and graphics are drawn from various FoE publications and the organisations archives. We have made every effort to find the photographers and owners of images used in this book. However, most of the archives from the 1970s to the mid 1980s were poorly marked. If we have used any of your images without permission, we apologise. We hope to publish a second edition of this book, so please contact us if you either want acknowledgment in the next edition or want the image removed. Uncredited photos are from the FoEM archives.h Page ii-iii • Beach image from Foe Brisbane climate justice campaign. Page vi • Photo: Anon PART I Page 1 (clockwise) • ‘Mask’ - Urban pollution and livability became increasingly prominent issues in the late 1970s and1980s. A successful campaign saw the phasing out of leaded petrol in Australia. • ‘Indigenous Solidarity Group’ – Representatives from the Kupa Piti Kunkga Tjuta, at the Global Survival conference, Melbourne, 1998. Photo: Cam Walker. • ‘Kyoto’ – FoE climate campaigners join the Melbourne Fringe Parade to get the message across, September 2001. Photo: Tristy Fairfield. • ‘George & John’ – George Bush and John Howard, conspiring to screw the climate, 2001. Photo: Alan Hoban. • International Women’s Day – FoE Fitzroy activists in the International Women’s Day march, 1992. Page 2 • ‘Woodchip’ – With the announcement of new woodchip licenses in late 1994 (the annual ‘Christmas present from hell’), FoE joined with other green groups to occupy the federal government offices in Melbourne. Page 3 • ‘Strezlecki’ – Old growth Blue Gum growing in Flynns Creek catchment, Strezlecki Ranges, Victoria. This was one of the many areas identified by FoE as being at risk of conversion to plantation. This pocket of remnant bush extended for 2 kilometres, wholly within a larger area of plantations, 2001. Photo: Anthony Amis. Page 4 • ‘Aunty Betty’ – Aunty Betty – Elizabeth King, long time adviser to FoE Melbourne, Kerrup Jmara Nation, Western Victoria. Photo: Cam Walker.
Page 5 • ‘U Mines’ – Through its 30 years, FoE has always campaigned against all aspects of the nuclear fuel. Rally in Melbourne, mid 1980s. Page 6 • ‘Bike Ride’ – The 1977 bike ride against nuclear power outside Parliament House, Canberra. PART II Page 7 (clockwise) • ‘Reconciliation’ – A FoE contingent at a Reconciliation march, 2000 • Photo: Anon • Photo: Anon • Photo: Anon • “Nukes” Photo: Anon • ‘Jabiluka’ – 2000 ended a high note, with several thousand people rallying in Melbourne to oppose the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine. Photo: Cam Walker. • ‘Campaign Against Freeways’ – Eviction of community members from houses that were to be demolished • ‘Bike Ride’ – The 1977 bike ride against nuclear power • ‘Bike Ride’ – The 1977 bike ride against nuclear power • Fishing in the Gulf Country. Photo: Lee Tan. 1970s Page 9 • Chain Reaction magazine cover, September 1975. Page 10 • ‘Solar’ Page 12 • Chain Reaction magazine cover, Autumn 1976. Page 15 • ‘Jarrah Forests’ – May 1979, protests to prevent Jarrah forests from being cleared for Bauxite mining, Western Australia. • ‘Music on the Blockade’ – F19 (Eastern Freeway) campaign, Collingwood, Melbourne, 1977. Page 16 • ‘At the Barricades’ - F19 (Eastern Freeway) campaign, Collingwood, Melbourne, 1977. • Long term FoE activist Bert King, Fitzroy, Melbourne, 2004. Photo: Valentina la Piana Page 17 • ‘Whales’ – Anti whaling action, late mid 1970s. A campaign by FoE and other groups led to the end of whaling in Australia. • The last whaling station in Australia, at Albany, WA. Page 20-21 • The barricades in Collingwood, during the F19 anti freeway campaign, 1977. Page 22
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decades. In Australia, FoE is commi
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