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Armidale Environment Centre Archives
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Collection SummaryArchives of the Armidale Environment Centre dating back to 1979.DescriptionThe Armidale Environment Centre Archives (active 1979 – 2002) covers a wide range of environmental issues and materials.
In many respects, Australia has led the way in environmentalism. Some of the first examples of nonviolent action for the environment occurred at Terania Creek in northern NSW, while later anti-logging blockades in the same region have seen considerable developments in nonviolence which are now being copied around the world.
Armidale environmentalists played no small part in all this. The 1973 Aquarius Festival, which led to the establishment of intentional communities of conservationists in the Terania Creek area, was partly organised by University of New England students. UNE students were also involved in the 1979 Terania Creek actions, and in 1983 Armidale activists were involved in the Franklin River blockade and the Pine Gap women's action.
The Armidale branch of The Wilderness Society, which opened in 1987, was influential in securing Wilderness declarations over large areas of relatively unspoiled bushland. It also organised anti-logging blockades in the Washpool area and ran a shop in various locations in Armidale. As the branch grew in the 1990s into the Armidale Environment Centre, incorporating the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) and later Friends of the Earth, it became an important centre for blockades in Chaelundi, Styx River, Mummel Gulf, Mistake State Forest, and Wild Cattle Creek.
The collection includes faxes, calls for action, posters, internal memoranda, policy statements, newspaper clippings, ministerial statements, submissions, media releases, handwritten activist notes, leaflets, magazines, letters, meeting agendas, and action guides, including the Intercontinental Deluxe Guide to Blockading.Date range1979-2002Finding aidArmidale Environment Centre Archives: Finding AidLibrary searchBrowse the library collectionReturn toLibrary Special Collections HomeTypeDocuments
In many respects, Australia has led the way in environmentalism. Some of the first examples of nonviolent action for the environment occurred at Terania Creek in northern NSW, while later anti-logging blockades in the same region have seen considerable developments in nonviolence which are now being copied around the world.
Armidale environmentalists played no small part in all this. The 1973 Aquarius Festival, which led to the establishment of intentional communities of conservationists in the Terania Creek area, was partly organised by University of New England students. UNE students were also involved in the 1979 Terania Creek actions, and in 1983 Armidale activists were involved in the Franklin River blockade and the Pine Gap women's action.
The Armidale branch of The Wilderness Society, which opened in 1987, was influential in securing Wilderness declarations over large areas of relatively unspoiled bushland. It also organised anti-logging blockades in the Washpool area and ran a shop in various locations in Armidale. As the branch grew in the 1990s into the Armidale Environment Centre, incorporating the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) and later Friends of the Earth, it became an important centre for blockades in Chaelundi, Styx River, Mummel Gulf, Mistake State Forest, and Wild Cattle Creek.
The collection includes faxes, calls for action, posters, internal memoranda, policy statements, newspaper clippings, ministerial statements, submissions, media releases, handwritten activist notes, leaflets, magazines, letters, meeting agendas, and action guides, including the Intercontinental Deluxe Guide to Blockading.Date range1979-2002Finding aidArmidale Environment Centre Archives: Finding AidLibrary searchBrowse the library collectionReturn toLibrary Special Collections HomeTypeDocuments
Armidale Environment Centre Archives. UNE Collections Gateway, accessed 24/03/2026, https://collections.une.edu.au/nodes/view/103