Monday, May 31, 2010

Vale Patricia Ratcliff


Mrs Ratcliff was an author, historian, environmentalist and conservationist.

Born in Dandenong, Victoria, she moved to two other states before calling Tasmania home.

Mrs Ratcliff married Launceston psychiatrist Eric Ratcliff in 1964.

She served on the Australian Press Council for nine years from 1987.

She was a founder of the Launceston Historical Society.

She was the author of ' The Story of Wybalenna' in 1975 and 'The Usefulness Of John West', in 2003.















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