A passionate partnership: understanding the origins and significance of John Sinclair’s connection with K’gari (Fraser Island)

Susan Zela Bissett

doi:10.1017/aee.2022.21

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A passionate partnership: understanding the origins and significance of John Sinclair’s connection with K’gari (Fraser Island)

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A passionate partnership: understanding the origins and significance of John Sinclair’s connection with K’gari (Fraser Island)

Susan Zela Bissett

Australian Journal of Environmental Education, Vol.39(1), pp.95-107

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/aee.2022.21

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John Sinclair

environmental history

activism

conservation

The paper explores the transformation of environmental activist John Sinclair, OA, from a conservative member of the Country Party, through a position of cautious conservationism, to preeminence as a leading environmentalist with some very significant achievements. This paper aims to show some correlations between his work and ideas and major strands of environmental education research. His allegiance to K’gari (Fraser Island) and the way in which he was able to learn from the traditional custodians, the Butchulla people, and other leading environmentalists is described in this paper through his own memoir writing and the viewpoints of informants interviewed by the author. John Sinclair’s profound connection with K’gari, how it was formed and sustained, and its historical and environmental consequences make a remarkable story of a modern citizen turned activist. The development of John Sinclair’s ideas and practice show interesting parallels with the development of both environmental activism and environmental education in Australia. The story has importance in a range of areas connected with environmental stewardship and environmental education.

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Title: A passionate partnership: understanding the origins and significance of John Sinclair’s connection with K’gari (Fraser Island)
Authors: Susan Zela Bissett (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Publication details: Australian Journal of Environmental Education, Vol.39(1), pp.95-107
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date published: 2023
DOI: 10.1017/aee.2022.21
ISSN: 2049-775X; 0814-0626
Copyright note: © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99650898602621
Output Type: Journal article