Ingold, Beryl Elizabeth (1927 - )

Beryl Ingold AO 2001, MBE 1979 is a former farmer from Cootamundra, New South Wales who has served on many state committees for the advancement of agriculture, education, women and the community. Born in Sydney on 4 March 1927, Ingold was educated at Cootamundra and gained a Bachelor of Applied Science, Agriculture, from the Riverina Murray Institute of Higher Education. She has been a member of the Riverina area consultative committee since 1996, Chair of the Orange Agricultural College of Sydney University since 1995 and the Riverina TAFE since 1994. Ingold is a life member of Country Women's Association, patron of NSW Rural Youth since 1990.

The above biography was researched and written by Philida Sturgiss-Hoy for Women's History Month (2002)

• Walters, Beryl (married name, 4 March 1927 - 7 January 1950)

Chronology

4 March 1927	Born daughter of David Lewis and Evelyn Jane (nee Griffiths) Walters
7 January 1950	married Edward Thomas Ingold
1970	Member of the Agricultural Bureau New South Wales
1970	Cootamundra Citizen of the Year
1975 - 1979	State President of the Agricultural Bureau New South Wales
1976 - 1977	Vice-President of the New South Wales Rural Youth State Council
1978	Member of the Riverina Area Scout Association of Australia Council
1978 - 1999	Member of Farm Writers and Broadcasters
1979	Member of the Murrumbidgee Agricultural College Advisory Board
1979 - 1999	State Treasurer of the Agricultural Bureau New South Wales
1980 - 1988	Chairperson of the Cootamundra Housing Committee
1981 - 1984	Member of the New South Wales Women's Advisory Council to the Premier
1981 - 1984	Member of the Education Commission NSW Task Force
1982	Australia/New Zealand Foundation Scholarship Study Tour 'Women in Agriculture'
1983 - 1986	Member of the Meat and Allied Trade Course Review Committee Ryde School of Hotel Management and Catering
1984 - 1991	Member of the New South Wales Board of Adult Education
1985 - 1987	Member of the Albury/Wodonga Post School Education Council
1985 - 1987	Chairperson of the Family and Children's Services Ministerial Advisory Committee
1987 - 1992	Chairperson of the Riverina Council of Adult Education
1988	Awarded Bicentennial Medal
1989 - 1991	Deputy Chairperson of the New South Wales Board of Adult Education
1990	Patron of the New South Wales Rural Youth State Council
1990 - 1993	Director of the New South Wales Education Training Foundation
1991	Member of the Riverina Region Development Board
1991	Fellow of the University of New England
1991 - 1994	Member of the Legal Profession Disciplinary Tribunal
1992	Community Representative and President of the Cootamundra Public School
1994	Chairperson of the Cootamundra District Land Board
1994	Chairperson of the Riverina Institute of TAFE Advisory Council
1995	Chairperson of the Orange Agricultural College Advisory Council University Sydney
1996	Member of the Riverina Area Consultative Committee
1999	Ambassador for the International Year of the Older Persons
2001	Officer of the Order of Australia

Membership

• Country Women's Association of New South Wales (1922 - )

  Life member

See also

• Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 'Where are the Women in Australian science?', 22 August 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. [ Details... ]
• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. [ Details... ]
• Lofthouse, Andrea (ed.), Who's who of Australian women, Methuen Australia, North Ryde (NSW), 1982, 504 pp. [ Details... ]