Tracy Westerman.
Camera IconTracy Westerman. Credit: Supplied/Matt Jelonek.

WA Australian of the Year Tracy Westerman one of 14 inductees to WA Women’s Hall of Fame

Denise S. CahillWestern Suburbs Weekly

FOURTEEN women, including WA’s Australian of the Year Tracy Westerman, will be inducted into the WA Women’s Hall of Fame at Government House this morning.

This year’s Hall of Fame inductees acknowledged women from eight categories; Community, Business, Health, Education, The Arts, Culture, Sport and Stem.

Dr Westerman is a Njamal woman from the Pilbara who founded Indigenous Psychological Services in 1998 to address mental health needs in Aboriginal communities.

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