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This chapter assesses the influence and dissemination of the effects of Terania Creek on an individual, national and international scale. The protest led to the direct establishment of other environmental organisations, most notably the Nomadic Action Group, the North East Forest Alliance and the Rainforest Information Centre. This chapter will also demonstrate how techniques pioneered at Terania Creek have been directly employed by Earth First!, the British anti-roads movement, Irish forest campaigners, rainforest advocates in Borneo and, more recently, the global anti-fracking movement. It will end with a discussion of the Bentley Blockade, the most significant protest event to occur in the region since Terania Creek.

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Bible, V. (2018). The Spirit of Terania. In: Terania Creek and the Forging of Modern Environmental Activism. Palgrave Studies in World Environmental History. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70470-8_5

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