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Australian Women
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Binks, Mary |
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| Journalist, Local government councillor and Print Journalist | ||
Mary Binks won a Walkley Award in 1987 for Best Story in a Provincial Newspaper. The Burnie Advocate ran a series of articles about the Tasmanian logging industry between October 22 1986 and February 2, 1987. Binks has gone on to play an important role in local government in Tasmania. She served as Mayor of the Devonport council in 2000. |
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| Sources used to compile this entry: Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (Australia) - records of the W.G. Walkley Awards, 1956 - 1999, 1956 - 1999, MLMSS 6898; Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (Australia); Australian Journalists' Association; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales; Women into Local Government: 'You can Make A Difference.', An Information Guide for Women Interested in Standing for Local Government, 2002, http://www.women.tas.gov.au/leadership/wlg_pub.pdf; http://www.walkleys.com/winners/database.html. | ||||
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 3 December 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2760b.htm |