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'''Lindsay James Peet''' (5 October 1939 – 26 September 2012<ref name="FOBL"></ref>) was a [[Western Australia]]n real estate developer and historian.<ref name="MPHA">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Peet was born on 5 October 1939, the only son of Cyril and Ethel Peet, and grandson of [[James Peet]], who established the [[Peet Limited|Peet and Co.]] real estate development company.<ref name="FOBL"/> He was educated at [[Hale School]], and subsequently the [[University of Western Australia]]. Peet obtained a [[Bachelor of Science]] in geology, and initially worked as a geologist, and in 1967 as a hydrogeologist for the Geological Survey of Western Australia.<ref name="RSWA">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In the 1960s, at [[Kalgoorlie, Western Australia|Kalgoorlie]], Peet married his wife, Laurel. They had two sons, Nigel and Julian.<ref name="FOBL"/>
Peet returned to Perth, joined the family business,<ref name="FOBL"/> and earned a Diploma in Valuation and a Diploma in Real Estate Management.<ref name="RSWA"/> He remained working for Peet and Co. until his retirement in 1985,<ref name="FOBL"/> after the company merged and expanded.<ref name="RSWA"/>
Peet became a professional historian, specialising in military history, after completing a Graduate Diploma in Applied Heritage Studies from [[Curtin University]]<ref name="RSWA"/> His 1995 thesis on an emergency landing in the Kimberley by an [[Shady_Lady_(aircraft)|American B-24 Liberator]], and their rescue by the local [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal people]] and monks, was the basis for the 2012 film ''Shady Lady''.<ref name="FOBL"/><ref name="RSWA"/>
Peet was also a philanthropist, giving assistance to causes such as conservation works at [[New Norcia, Western Australia|New Norcia]],<ref name="RSWA"/> the Australian Museum Of Motion Picture & Television,<ref>https://ift.tt/2Ss6CZ5> the Historical Records Rescue Consortium Project at the [[State Library of Western Australia]], and a project to preserve the library's Oral History collection.<ref name="RSWA"/> Linday was given the Gem of Time award in 2009,<ref name="FOBL"/> and appointed a Fellow of the Library Board in 2012.<ref></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:2012 deaths]]
[[Category:Australian historians]]
Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)
'''Lindsay James Peet''' (5 October 1939 – 26 September 2012<ref name="FOBL"></ref>) was a [[Western Australia]]n real estate developer and historian.<ref name="MPHA">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Peet was born on 5 October 1939, the only son of Cyril and Ethel Peet, and grandson of [[James Peet]], who established the [[Peet Limited|Peet and Co.]] real estate development company.<ref name="FOBL"/> He was educated at [[Hale School]], and subsequently the [[University of Western Australia]]. Peet obtained a [[Bachelor of Science]] in geology, and initially worked as a geologist, and in 1967 as a hydrogeologist for the Geological Survey of Western Australia.<ref name="RSWA">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
In the 1960s, at [[Kalgoorlie, Western Australia|Kalgoorlie]], Peet married his wife, Laurel. They had two sons, Nigel and Julian.<ref name="FOBL"/>
Peet returned to Perth, joined the family business,<ref name="FOBL"/> and earned a Diploma in Valuation and a Diploma in Real Estate Management.<ref name="RSWA"/> He remained working for Peet and Co. until his retirement in 1985,<ref name="FOBL"/> after the company merged and expanded.<ref name="RSWA"/>
Peet became a professional historian, specialising in military history, after completing a Graduate Diploma in Applied Heritage Studies from [[Curtin University]]<ref name="RSWA"/> His 1995 thesis on an emergency landing in the Kimberley by an [[Shady_Lady_(aircraft)|American B-24 Liberator]], and their rescue by the local [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal people]] and monks, was the basis for the 2012 film ''Shady Lady''.<ref name="FOBL"/><ref name="RSWA"/>
Peet was also a philanthropist, giving assistance to causes such as conservation works at [[New Norcia, Western Australia|New Norcia]],<ref name="RSWA"/> the Australian Museum Of Motion Picture & Television,<ref>https://ift.tt/2Ss6CZ5> the Historical Records Rescue Consortium Project at the [[State Library of Western Australia]], and a project to preserve the library's Oral History collection.<ref name="RSWA"/> Linday was given the Gem of Time award in 2009,<ref name="FOBL"/> and appointed a Fellow of the Library Board in 2012.<ref></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:2012 deaths]]
[[Category:Australian historians]]
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