- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1868
Kernohan, Elizabeth (Liz) Anne
- AM, Dr
- Born 24 June 1939, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Died 21 October 2004, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation Educator, Parliamentarian, Politician
Summary
Liz Kernohan represented the people of Camden on Camden council and in the New South Wales Parliament for more than 30 years. She was first elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Camden in 1991 when she stood as a Liberal Party candidate. Elizabeth gained re-election in 1995 and 1999. She was first appointed a Councillor of the Camden Municipal Council in March 1973 and was re-elected from 1974 -1991 and again in 2004. Liz Kernohan was also Deputy Mayor in 1974-1977 and 1981-1984, and Mayor in 1980 and 1985-1991. She died in October 2004.
Details
Educated SCEGGS Darlinghurst, Leaving Certificate 1955
1960 Bachelor of Science (BSc), agriculture, University of Sydney
1960 – 1962 Research Assistant, then Demonstrator in the Dairy Research Unit, University of Sydney Farms, Camden
1963 Qualified as a technical teacher, New South Wales Department of Technical Education
1963 – 1964 Full-time teacher of Agriculture, School of Rural Studies, New South Wales Department of Teaching and Education
1965 – 1966 Professional Officer, University of Sydney Farms, Camden
1966 Senior Tutor of Dairying, University of Sydney Farms, Camden
1968 – 1969 Acting Officer in Charge of the Dairy Research Unit, University of Sydney Farms, Camden
1970 Master of Science (MSc), Agriculture, University of Sydney
1975 – 1978 Lecturer in Animal Husbandry, University of Sydney Farms, Camden
1975 – 1982 Warden of Nepean Hall, University of Sydney Farms, Camden
1978 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney
1978 – 1982 Assistant Director, University of Sydney Farms, Camden
1982 – 1991 Director, University of Sydney Farms, Camden
1991 – 2003 Member of the Legislative Assembly for Camden, New South Wales
Published resources
- Book
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Site Exhibition
- Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Kernohan, Elizabeth (1939-2004), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-728051