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Tasmanian war pilot Alan Bowman (1911-1941) joined the fledgling Royal Australian Air Force as a pilot cadet in 1930, and from that time until his death in the Western Desert in 1941, maintained contacted with his family at Deloraine by writing letters about his life and experiences, his travels, his feelings and his hopes.Bowman left Australia for England at the end of 1931 for a career in the Royal Air Force, serving in Egypt in 1935-36 and ...

Bob McMahon was the most significant leader of community-based opposition to a huge pulp mill being built in Tasmania's Tamar Valley, near Launceston. His leadership combined a holistic socio-economic-environmental rationale with a non-partisan perspective, strong organisational skills, determination and courage.His public profile of energy and persistence set an image of durability and strength at the heart of community opposition to the mill...

Bob McMahon (1950-2013) was the most significant leader of community-based opposition to a huge pulp mill being built in Tasmania's Tamar Valley, near Launceston. His public profile of energy and persistence set an image of durability and strength at the heart of community opposition to the mill.McMahon grew up in the north-west town of Stanley, where the big cliffs of the Nut were his playground, as he liked to say. After studying at the Hoba...