Bob Pringle (trade unionist)

Bob Pringle (11 August 1941 – July 1996) was a left-wing activist and construction worker in the Builders Labourers Federation who was active in left-wing campaigns in the 1960s and 1970s in New South Wales.[1]

Robert Arthur Pringle was born in Toowoomba, Queensland on 11 August 1941.[2]

He helped the green bans, Aboriginal Tent Embassy and protests against the Springboks. He drowned while swimming in 1996.[3][4] A wake was held in Harold Park Hotel, and his funeral service was held on 7 August 1996. He was survived by his step-daughter Jane.[5]

References

  1. ^ Hutton, Drew; Connors, Libby (13 April 1999). History of the Australian Environment Movement. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-45686-9.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Glenn, "Robert Arthur (Bob) Pringle (1941–1996)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 5 April 2025
  3. ^ "Bob Pringle". Green Left Weekly. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  4. ^ ATUA Project Team, University of Melbourne Archives. "Pringle, Bob - Biographical entry - Australian Trade Union Archives". Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  5. ^ Owens, Joe (7 August 1996). "Bob Pringle". Green Left. Retrieved 5 April 2025.


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