Episode 3: Goolengook and beyond

Thursday, 14 December 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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WARNING: Today’s episode contains graphic audio of a violent attack, including swearing, which will be upsetting for some listeners.

We will be covering some of the darker moments of GECO’s history. This includes the violent attack by loggers on the Goolengook camp in February 2000, immediately after the first “no jurisdiction” action led by local Aboriginal leaders that you heard about in the last episode. 

We will also be hearing about some of the other memorable blockades after Goolengook, at the Eden Chipmill, Survey Road and Ferntree. We will touch on GECO as a share house, and all of the craziness that involved.

GECO - 30 Years Fighting for Forests

Forest protests at Goolengook, East Gippsland - Tony Hastings
Thursday
A series that looks back on the wins, losses and lessons of a thirty year campaign to protect the forests of East Gippsland in Victoria. 

Presenter

Fiona York and friends

Topic

Current affairs
Disability
Environment
Human Rights
Indigenous
Industrial issues
Local Communities
Protests
Queer
Women

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