Helen Gee | |
Birth Place: | Launceston |
Nationality: | Australian |
Occupation: | Conservationist |
Organization: | The Wilderness Society |
Partner: | Bob Graham |
Helen Gee was an Australian author, editor, conservationist and environmental activist.
She was also one of the founding members of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society.[1]
She was author and editor of two important works in relation to conservation and environment in Tasmania - The South West Book, and Fight for the forests.
She had written a book for the Wilderness Society about the Franklin River and Franklin Dam.
She collaborated on other works, including a number of papers for the South West Tasmania Resources Survey.
She also was involved in the compilation of Tasmanian poetry in River of verse.[2]
After her death Bob Brown gave a eulogy at a memorial event in Lindisfarne, Tasmania.[3] Later another item from the pen of Geoff Law in Hobart appeared.[4] A commemoration is also noted at Monument Australia.