CLAREMONT resident Patricia Barblett (86) started her quest to champion environmental conservation when she became the first woman appointed to the Rottnest Island Authority Board in 1977, where she was joined by now Governor Kerry Sanderson.
The pair recently worked together to establish the WA Parks Foundation to raise money and awareness for parks in WA.
The foundation held its first annual general meeting last year.
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READ NOWMs Barblett was among 14 women inducted in to the WA Women’s Hall of Fame at Government House this morning.
Her friend Mrs Sanderson was celebrating International Women’s Day in Quairading.
“Kerry sat on the board with me at Rottnest and we became firm friends,” Ms Barblett said.
“When she became Governor she started the process to set up (the foundation).
“It took three years. She’s got 30 ambassadors and I’m one of them.”
WA Women’s Hall Of Fame Inductees
Dr Anne O’Neill
Diana Bryant
Kelly Howlett
Gina Williams
Hazel Butorac
Helen Margaret Creed
Nicola Forrest
Professor Christobel Saunders
Sue Middleton
Suzanne Maree Urbaniak
Terrie Gomboc
Patricia Barblett
Dr Tracy Westerman
Irene Hooper (posthumous inductee)
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