- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1840
Henderson, Meredith
(1969 – )- Nationality Australian
- Born 8 August, 1969, Wollongong New South Wales Australia
- Occupation Fire Research Officer
Summary
Meredith Henderson only ran for election once, but she continues to promote the protection of the environment. She represented the Australian Greens in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Wollongong in 2003.
Details
Meredith Henderson grew up and was educated in Wollongong where she completed a B.Sc.(Hons). Her doctorate study (PhD) at the Victoria University was the impact of fire on threatened Victorian grasslands. She had previously qualified as a fire fighter with the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
At the time of her campaign, she was working in Hurstville, though living in Fairy Meadow in the Illawarra, so transport inadequacies featured in her campaign statements.
Meredith was active in campaigns to protect threatened species in the area and to protect Jervis Bay from nuclear-powered warships.
In 2003, after the election, she moved to Adelaide to take up a permanent position with the South Australian government, as Senior Fire Research Officer in the Department of Environment and Heritage.
In 2004, Meredith was involved in the organization of the Ecology Society Conference.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Henderson, Meredith (1969-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-697066
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Site Exhibition
- Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html