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                    20 Nov 2015 - 12:14pm

                    Jack Green wins Rawlinson award for fight to protect environment, land rights

                    Jack Wongili Green, from the Gulf of Carpentaria, has won the Australian Conservation Foundation's 2015 Peter Rawlinson Award for his battle against mining projects that threatened the environment and Indigenous land rights. This gallery tells some of his story.
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                    20 Nov 2015 - 12:14 PM  UPDATED 20 Nov 2015 - 3:03 PM
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                    Jack Wongili Green wins 2015 Peter Rawlinson Award of the Australian Conservation Foundation for his work for Indigenous rights and environmental justice
                    Karl Goodsell/Australian Conservation Foundation
                    02 / 12
                    Jack Wongili Green wins 2015 Peter Rawlinson Award of the Australian Conservation Foundation for his work for Indigenous rights and environmental justice
                    Courtney Jackson/Australian Conservation Foundation
                    03 / 12
                    Jack Wongili Green wins 2015 Peter Rawlinson Award of the Australian Conservation Foundation for his work for Indigenous rights and environmental justice
                    Karl Goodsell/Australian Conservation Foundation
                    04 / 12
                    Jack Wongili Green passes on knowledge to the younger generation so they can continue to care for country
                    Courtney Jackson/Australian Conservation Foundation
                    05 / 12
                    Jack Wongili Green wins 2015 Peter Rawlinson Award of the Australian Conservation Foundation for his work for Indigenous rights and environmental justice
                    Karl Goodsell/Australian Conservation Foundation
                    06 / 12
                    Jack Wongili Green wins 2015 Peter Rawlinson Award of the Australian Conservation Foundation for his work for Indigenous rights and environmental justice
                    Courtney Jackson/Australian Conservation Foundation
                    07 / 12
                    An elder paints a child for a cultural performance
                    Courtney Jackson/Australian Conservation Foundation
                    08 / 12
                    Jack Wongili Green passes on knowledge to the younger generation so they can continue to care for country
                    Karl Goodsell/Australian Conservation Foundation
                    09 / 12
                    Jack Wongili Green passes on knowledge to the younger generation so they can continue to care for country
                    Karl Goodsell/Australian Conservation Foundation
                    10 / 12
                    Jack Wongili Green wins 2015 Peter Rawlinson Award of the Australian Conservation Foundation for his work for Indigenous rights and environmental justice
                    Karl Goodsell/Australian Conservation Foundation
                    11 / 12
                    Jack Wongili Green passes on knowledge to the younger generation so they can continue to care for country
                    Karl Goodsell/Australian Conservation Foundation
                    12 / 12
                    Jack Wongili Green passes on knowledge to the younger generation so they can continue to care for country
                    Karl Goodsell/Australian Conservation Foundation
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