- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1234
Varty, Rosemary
(1933 – )- Nationality Australian
- Born 20 December, 1933, Lilydale Victoria Australia
- Occupation Parliamentarian
Summary
A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Rosemary Varty served as the member for Nunawading Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament from 1985-1992 and for Silvan from 1992-99. She held the position of Parliamentary Secretary to Cabinet from 1992-99.
Details
Before entering state parliament, Rosemary Varty was a councillor for the City of Box Hill from 1981-84. Her former occupations included those of financial controller and administration manager from 1962-84.
Within the Liberal Party she was active on the Central Women’s Committee from 1979.
Published resources
- Book
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Resource Section
- The Liberal Party of Australia Federal Women's Committee: History and Achievements 1945-2003, 2003, http://www.liberal.org.au/documents/fwc_history.pdf
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Site Exhibition
- Carrying on the Fight: Women Candidates in Victorian Parliamentary Elections, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cws/home.html
- Edited Book
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Resource
- Trove: Varty, Rosemary (1933-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-719081