She has several awards for community service to date:
- a Paul Harris Fellow
- investiture as a Dame of Grace Order of St John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller;
- Lions International Medal of Merit
- Geelong 2003 Zonta Woman of the Year.
Monday 6 June 2011
Geelong Firsts: First Female Mayor of Geelong
Barbara Abley was Geelong's first and to date only Mayor of Geelong. She held this position for two years. Barbara has been the ward councillor for the Brownbill ward which was named after Fanny Brownbill, another Geelong First - the first female Labor member of Parliament (1938 - 1948).
She has several awards for community service to date:
She has several awards for community service to date:
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