Raigh Roe

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Dame Raigh Edith Roe, DBE (b. December 12, 1922, Western Australia) has been a member of the Australian Country Women’s Association since 1941; she became Branch President, Western Australian State President and, eventually, National President of the CWA.

In 1977 she was elected World President of the Associated Country Women of the World(ACWW), representing almost 9 000 000 women in 74 countries throughout the world. That year she was also named Australian of the Year.

Preceded by
Edward 'Weary' Dunlop		 Australian of the Year
1977


with Sir Murray Tyrrell

 Succeeded by
Alan Bond
and Galarrwuy Yunupingu

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