The Wilderness Society

The Wilderness Society is an Australian, community-based, not-for-profit non-governmental environmental advocacy organisation. The society is organized as a public company limited by guarantee. It has separately incorporated campaign centres, passed in the capital of each Australian state (plus Launceston and Newcastle). Most campaign centres are separately incorporated and operate as membership organizations: The Wilderness Society Newcastle Incorporated, The Wilderness Society (South Australia) Inc, The Wilderness Society (Sydney) Inc, The Wilderness Society (Tasmania) Inc, The Wilderness Society Victoria Inc, and The Wilderness Society WA Inc. History The Wilderness Society was formed initially as the Tasmanian Wilderness Society (TWS) and was transition from the South West Tasmania Action Committee.