Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware this website contains images, voices and names of people who have died.

Protesters block road access to the Franklin River dam site, 17 December 1982

Tasmanian Wilderness Society protesters at the Franklin dam site, 17 December 1982.

Source

National Archives of Australia A6135, K16/2/83/4

Copy rights image

Details

+ -

Themes:

Type:

Related resources

Defining moment

A group of protesters with hiking gear squatting or standing on a dirt road. They are holding the Australian flag and various banners, one that reads 'NO DAMS'.

Franklin Dam protests

Learning module

teachers-guide

The environment movement Defining Moments, 1960s–present

Video

1982 Franklin Dam protests

1982: Franklin Dam protests

Quiz

A group of protesters with hiking gear squatting or standing on a dirt road. They are holding the Australian flag and various banners, one that reads 'NO DAMS'.

Australia’s environmental history