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First female elected Lord Mayor of Adelaide commemorated with a stunning portrait

The City of Adelaide is honouring its trailblazing female leader and former Lord Mayor Wendy Chapman AM with a stunning portrait painted by Tsering Hannaford.

The City of Adelaide is honouring its trailblazing female leader and former Lord Mayor Wendy Chapman AM with a stunning portrait painted by Tsering Hannaford.

Wendy Chapman was the first female elected Lord Mayor of Adelaide in 1983, making history as the first woman to hold the position in any Australian capital city.

Mrs Chapman also served the City of Adelaide as a councillor from 1977, an alderman between 1981 to 1983, and was a trained nurse and company director.

She represented the City of Adelaide on the Adelaide Convention Bureau Board of Directors, the Local Government Association of South Australia and served on the Jubilee 150 Board.

The incredible portrait will be hung in the Council chamber.

Mrs Chapman was the inaugural chairman of the South Australian Tourism Industry Council and lobbied to secure the rights for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, which raced throughout the city between 1985 and 1995.

She was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 1986 for service to local government and to the community.

Current Lord Mayor of Adelaide Sandy Verschoor, only the third female to hold this position in 178 years, said that the 125th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in South Australia in December 2019 created momentum to more proactively honour the leadership and achievements of women within the City of Adelaide.

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