Jack Mundey

Jack Mundey
AO
Councillor for the City of Sydney
In office
1984–1987
Personal details
Born
John Bernard Munday

(1929-10-17)17 October 1929
Malanda, Queensland, Australia[1]
Died10 May 2020(2020-05-10) (aged 90)
Political partyCommunist Party
Other political
affiliations
Known forBuilders Labourers Federation's, green bans

John Bernard "Jack" Mundey AO (17 October 1929 – 10 May 2020)[2] was an Australian communist, union and environmental activist. He came to prominence during the 1970s for leading the New South Wales Builders' Labourers Federation (BLF) in the famous green bans, whereby the BLF led a successful campaign to protect the built and natural environment of Sydney from excessive and inappropriate development. Mundey was the patron of the Historic Houses Association of Australia.

  1. ^ Toby Creswell and Samantha Trenoweth (2006). 1001 Australians You Should Know. Australia: Pluto Press. p. 555. ISBN 978-1-86403-361-8.
  2. ^ Cockburn, Paige (10 May 2020). "Union leader Jack Mundey dies aged 90". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 May 2020.