Richard Jones (Tasmanian politician)

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Dr. Richard Jones (1936 - 1986) 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 first president of the UTG, through the early and middle 1970s.[1] 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.[2]

[edit] Further reading

• Peter Hay, Robyn Eckersley and Geoff Holloway (eds) . Environmental politics in Australia and New Zealand. Hobart : Board of Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, 1989. 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