:Tasmanian Wilderness Society

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The Tasmanian Wilderness Society was a Tasmanian environmental group that started in 1976 in response to a proposal by the state's Hydro Electric Commission to construct a dam on the Gordon River, downstream from the Franklin River, that led to the Franklin Dam controversy.{{Citation | author1=Tasmanian Wilderness Society | title=Help stop another Lake Pedder tragedy : the King, Franklin, Lower Gordon Hydro Electric Scheme | date=1976 | publisher=[Tasmania] [Tasmanian Wilderness Society] | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/30535419 | accessdate=6 November 2017 }} The group evolved from membership of the South West Tasmania Action Committee and members of the United Tasmania Group. It was active in public protest about the issues of Wilderness, the Franklin River and South West Tasmania.{{Citation | author=Gee, Helen | title=The Franklin : Tasmania's last wild river | date=1979 | publisher=Tasmanian Wilderness Society | edition=3rd | isbn=978-0-908412-00-6 }}

After the Franklin Dam campaign the group changed its name in 1983 to The Wilderness Society (Australia).{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116393959 |title=The metamorphosis of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=58 |issue=17,570 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=6 November 1983 |accessdate=6 November 2017 |page=10 (Sunday Edition) |via=National Library of Australia}}