Shyama Heather Peebles (1942-2012) was a Western Australian politician, outback historian[1] and anti-nuclear activist[2] from the Goldfields region. She ran as a candidate for the Australian Democrats in Western Australian and Australian elections during the period 1989-1993. She wrote a 20-page illustrated booklet entitled Uranium mining in Western Australia : exploration doublespeak which was published by Goldfields Against Serious Pollution in Kalgoorlie in 1989.[3] In 1995 she was awarded the Bessie Rischbieth Conservation Award from the Conservation Council of Western Australia for her contribution to environmental conservation in Western Australia.[4]
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edit- ^ Web, Design Sense Graphics &. "Outback Family History | Acknowledgements". webarchive.nla.gov.au. Archived from the original on 23 September 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "Extract from Hansard, Hon Robin Chapple - ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES WITHIN WESTERN AUSTRALIA" (PDF). 28 September 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ Peebles, Shyama; Pollution, Goldfields Against Serious (1989). Uranium mining in Western Australia : exploration doublespeak. Kalgoorlie, W.A. : Goldfields Against Serious Pollution. ISBN 0731684974.
- ^ "Conservation Awards". Conservation Council of WA. 1 September 2006. Archived from the original on 1 September 2006. Retrieved 6 June 2018.