Brown, Bob
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born on | 27 December 1944 at 14:20 (= 2:20 PM ) | ||||
Place | Oberon, Australia, 33s43, 149e52 | ||||
Timezone | AEST h10e (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
Australian physician, ecologist and conservationist, politician. Standing up for his ideals, Bob Brown was named Australian of the Year on 1/26/1982. On 12/16/1982, he was arrested for trespassing on Hydro-Electric Commission property at Strahan and went to jail for 19 days. On 7/01/1983, the High Court ruled that the Hawke Government was constitutionally able to pass legislation to block the Gordon-below-Franklin dam. On 1/05/1983, Brown automatically filled a Senate vacancy and on 5/07/1989, his Green Independents won the balance of power in the Tasmanian parliament. He was re-elected in 1992 and in 1993 unsuccessfully contested the Federal seat of Denison. On 3/02/1996, he stood for a seat in the senate.
The son of a policeman and raised in a household that supported the Country Party, Bob became a radical during the Vietnam War. He studied medicine at Sydney U. and served his two-year internship in Canberra. In 1970, coming to terms with his homosexuality, perplexed by organized religion and confused by a world filled with pain, he set off for London. Two years later he moved on to Launceston, Tasmania where he bought a house at Liffey, writing to his parents, "I'm home." He joined the Tasmanian conservation movement, gave up his medical practice and became director of the Wilderness Society.
Events
- Family : Change residence 1970 (Moved to London to "find himself")
- Family : Change residence 1972 (To Tasmania)
- Work : Gain social status 1992 (Reelected to the Senate)
- Work : Lose social status 1993 (Contested and lost the Federal Seat of Denison)
Source Notes
Dennis Sutton quotes Brown's autobiography, given in Sutton's 50 Australian charts, published 1996
Categories
- Passions : Sexuality : Gay
- Vocation : Business : Middle Management (Wilderness director)
- Vocation : Medical : Physician
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ political
- Vocation : Politics : Public office (Senator, two terms)
- Vocation : Misc. : Outdoor vocations (Ecologist and conservationist)
- Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Australian of the Year)
- 1944 births
- Birthday 27 December
- Birthplace Oberon, AUSTL
- Sun 5 Capricorn
- Moon 4 Gemini
- Asc 3 Taurus
- Passions : Sexuality : Gay
- Vocation : Business : Middle Management
- Vocation : Medical : Physician
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ political
- Vocation : Politics : Public office
- Vocation : Misc. : Outdoor vocations
- Notable : Awards : Vocational award