Bob Pringle (trade unionist)

Bob Pringle (born in 1942 in Queensland) was a left-wing activist and construction worker in the Builders Labourers Federation who was active in left-wing campaigns in the 1960s and 1970s in New South Wales.[1] He helped the green bans, Aboriginal Tent Embassy and protests against the Springboks. He drowned while swimming in 1996.[2][3] A wake was held in Harold Park Hotel, and his funeral service was held on August 7, 1996. He was survived by his step-daughter Jane.[4]

References
  1. Hutton, Drew; Connors, Libby (13 April 1999). History of the Australian Environment Movement. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-45686-9.
  2. "Bob Pringle". Green Left Weekly. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  3. ATUA Project Team, University of Melbourne Archives. "Pringle, Bob - Biographical entry - Australian Trade Union Archives". Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  4. Owens, J 1996, Green Left, Issue 214, published August 7th, https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/bob-pringle


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