Bessie Rischbieth - Perth, Western Australia
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S 31° 57.530 E 115° 51.385
50J E 391931 N 6463556
Bessie Rischbieth [1874 – 1967], was a feminist and activist for women's rights and environmental conservation
Waymark Code: WMQDFC
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 02/09/2016
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In the 1960's Ms Rischbieth's protested to stop the development of the Narrows Bridge. At nearly 90 years old, the conservationist attempted to block bulldozers from entering the river by standing in their path barefoot while holding an umbrella.
She was also an executive of the Citizens Committee for the Preservation of Kings Park and the Swan River, campaigning against a swimming pool being built at Kings Park and failing in her attempts to stop the government reclaiming land to build the Narrows Bridge in 1964.
Ironically a statue has been built in her honour at Elizabeth Quay, Perth's largest waterfront development,however the statue location itself does not have an accompanying plaque informing visitors of who she was.
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