- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2760
Binks, Mary
- Occupation Journalist, Local government councillor, Print journalist
Summary
Mary Binks won a Walkley Award in 1987 for Best Story in a Provincial Newspaper. The Burnie Advocate ran a series of articles about the Tasmanian logging industry between October 22 1986 and February 2, 1987.
Binks has gone on to play an important role in local government in Tasmania. She served as Mayor of the Devonport council in 2000.
Events
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1987
Best provincial newspaper story – Published in the Burnie Advocate
Walkley Award (Print) - 1980 - 2000
Archival resources
Published resources
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Resource
- Women into Local Government: 'You can Make A Difference.', Women Tasmania, 2002, http://www.women.tas.gov.au/leadership/wlg_pub.pdf
- Trove: Binks, Mary, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-741093
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Site Exhibition
- The Women's Pages: Australian Women and Journalism since 1850, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cal/cal-home.html