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Bob Pringle (trade unionist)

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Bob Pringle (born in 1942 in Queensland) was a left-wing activist and construction worker in the Builders Labourers Federation who was active in left-wing campaigns in the 1960s and 1970s in New South Wales.[1] He helped the green bans, Aboriginal Tent Embassy and protests against the Springboks. He drowned while swimming in 1996.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Hutton, Drew; Connors, Libby (1999-04-13). History of the Australian Environment Movement. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-45686-9.
  2. ^ "Bob Pringle". Green Left Weekly. 2016-09-06. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  3. ^ ATUA Project Team, University of Melbourne Archives. "Pringle, Bob - Biographical entry - Australian Trade Union Archives". ISBN 0908029497. Retrieved 2020-02-17.