• 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

  • 1987

    Best provincial newspaper story – Published in the Burnie Advocate

    Walkley Award (Print)
  • 1980 - 2000

Archival resources

  • Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection
    • Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (Australia) - records of the W.G. Walkley Awards, 1956 - 1999

Published resources

Related entries


  • Awarded
    • Walkley Awards (1956 - )