Richard Jones (Tasmanian politician)
Encyclopedia
Dr. Richard Jones was one of the co-founders of the United Tasmania Group
(UTG), the world's first Green party and the predecessor of the Tasmanian Greens
. He was the UTG's first president when it formed in March 1972, through to the middle 1970s. At the time Jones was an academic biologist working at the University of Tasmania. He helped form the Centre for Environmental Studies Unit at the University of Tasmania
and was active in transforming the Australian Conservation Foundation
from an apolitical to a political force.
United Tasmania Group
The United Tasmania Group is generally acknowledged as the world's first Green party. The party was formed on 23 March 1972, during a meeting of the Lake Pedder Action Group at the Hobart town hall in order to field political candidates in the April 1972 state election. They received 3.9% of the...
(UTG), the world's first Green party and the predecessor of the Tasmanian Greens
Tasmanian Greens
The Tasmanian Greens are a political party in Australia which developed from numerous environmental campaigns in Tasmania, including the flooding of Lake Pedder and the Franklin Dam campaign...
. He was the UTG's first president when it formed in March 1972, through to the middle 1970s. At the time Jones was an academic biologist working at the University of Tasmania. He helped form the Centre for Environmental Studies Unit at the University of Tasmania
University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania is a medium-sized public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia...
and was active in transforming the Australian Conservation Foundation
Australian Conservation Foundation
The Australian Conservation Foundation is an Australian non-profit, community-based environmental organisation focused on advocacy, policy research and community outreach.-History:...
from an apolitical to a political force.
Further reading
- Peter Hay, Robyn Eckersley and Geoff Holloway (eds) (1989) . Environmental politics in Australia and New Zealand. Hobart : Board of Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania. ISBN 0859014053
- Occasional paper (University of Tasmania. Centre for Environmental Studies) ; 23. "These essays are respectfully dedicated to the memory of Dr Richard Jones’.
- Armstrong, Lance J.E. (1997). Good God, He’s Green! A History of Tasmanian Politics 1989-1996. Wahroonga, N.S.W., Pacific Law Press. ISBN 1-875192-08-5
- Lines, William J. (2006) Patriots : defending Australia's natural heritage St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2006. ISBN 0-70223-554-7