Green Bans bus tour with Jack Mundey

EVENT DETAILS

  • Contact Details: Call 02 9211 9523 or email senator.rhiannon@aph.gov.au
  • Event Dates: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:00am - 5:00pm
  • Location: Sydney

Join Jack Mundey and other Greens on a bus tour of key sites saved by the Green Ban movement in the 1970s.

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