Pete Gray (activist)

Pete Gray
Born
Peter Robert Gray

10 May 1980
Newcastle, New South Wales
Died30 April 2011(2011-04-30) (aged 30)
Alma materUniversity of Newcastle
OccupationArchivist
Known forPolitical and environmental activism[1]

Peter Robert Gray (10 May 1980 – 30 April 2011) was an Australian environmental activist, notable for two landmark court cases, and for having thrown his shoes in public at former Prime Minister of Australia John Howard in protest over Australia's participation in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

He was described in an obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald as "a pleasure-loving intellectual" driven by "an instinctive anti-authoritarianism bordering on the larrikin".[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Woods, George Woods; Veitch, Harriet (13 May 2011). "Crusader had a passion for the planet". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  2. ^ Vincent, Julien (2 May 2011). "Remembering Pete Gray". Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Retrieved 9 June 2012.