Tasmania's Wilderness Battles - Overview

Overview

The book has several primary themes, including:

• Hydro Tasmania, about the issues of the Franklin Dam and Lake Pedder
• Forestry, with the final section focusing on Gunns
• Mining, focusing on Mount Lyell
• National Parks

The black and white photographs included capture the iconic characters of the major environmental battles of the era being examined, and include images of Eric Reece, Olegas Truchanas, Doug Lowe, and Bob Brown.

Tasmania's Wilderness Battles is one of a number of books that were published in connection with the 25th anniversary of the halting of the Franklin Dam project, one of the campaigns which is described in the book, and in which Buckman was active. He has also been involved in campaigns to save Tasmania's forests. Since the early 1990s he has been associated with the Tasmanian and Australian Greens.

The book was launched in Hobart on 12 June 2008 by a Green senator, Christine Milne, outside the Tasmanian State Parliament.

The book was longlisted for the 2009 John Button Prize.