Nonagenarian Dr Lis Kirkby – former actress, broadcaster, parliamentarian, and doctoral researcher  

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Dr Elisabeth Kirkby shares insights from her lifetime of vocational pursuits. Lis was a theatre actress in Britain, a radio broadcaster in Singapore and Malaya, and a star of the Australian television soapie ‘Number 96’ before becoming a parliamentarian and state leader for the Australian Democrats political party. At the age of 93, Lis graduated with a doctorate from the University of Sydney.

The audio of this episode has been archived and a transcript is available here.

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