- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE4618
Fouracres, Jenny
- Occupation Community advocate, Farmer
Summary
Jenny Fouracres was nominated for the 1997 A.B.C. Rural Woman of the Year Award, for the Southwest district of Western Australia.
At the time of her nomination, Jenny was a partner in the family beef property where she had the sole responsibility for Limousin stud breeding bulls. She had been the Director of the Australian Limousin Breeder Society for the five years previous, and was the only female executive member of the Beef Improvement Association in Western Australia. She taught Animal Husbandry, Animal Care and Horticulture at the local high school where she set up an Agriculture Wing.
Events
- 1997 - 1997
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Fouracres, Jenny, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477568
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Resource Section
- 1997 ABC Western Australian Rural Woman of the Year Award Winners, ABC Radio, 1997, http://www.abc.net.au/rural/rwoty/wa.htm
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Site Exhibition
- Brilliant Ideas and Huge Visions: ABC Radio Australian Rural Women of the Year - 1994-1997, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2011, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/rwya/rwya-home.html