- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1735
Rooke, Karen
- Occupation Political candidate
Summary
Karen Rooke is a once only candidate for election. She ran for the Greens in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Clarence in 1999. Karen was a member of the Clarence Greens and in 1999 their major concern was the Timbarra Gold Mine and its likely threat to the Clarence River and the important fish breeding sites in its estuary.
Published resources
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Site Exhibition
- Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Rooke, Karen, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-737050