To commemorate the recent King’s Birthday Honours and acknowledge well known Pearl Beach identity Dr Beverley Kingston, who has been appointed an AM for significant service to community history and tertiary education, the Pearl Beach Progress Association has re-printed her book on Pearl Beach.
A committee member of the association from 2017-21, Kingston wrote the book Pearl Beach and Progress, The Story of a Community and Idea 1929-2009 to celebrate the association’s 80th anniversary.
She was chair of the Australian Dictionary of Biography New South Wales Working Party from 1994 to 2023, editorial board member from 1996-2021 and member from 1970-2023.
She has also been a patron of Jessie Street National Women’s Library since 2022 and board member from 2006 to 2022.
A history teacher and former associate professor, she also wrote: A History of New South Wales, Basket, Bag and Trolley; A History of Shopping in Australia, The World Moves Slowly; A Documentary History of Australian Women; and My Wife, My Daughter, and Poor Mary Ann: Women and Work in Australia.
Her awards and recognition include Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, 1994, and Annual History Citation, History Council of New South Wales.
The book explains how Pearl Beach came to be established.
Today Pearl Beach is known for spectacular scenic and environmental qualities set in a small, friendly, caring community which enjoys living in the middle of a national park – Brisbane Water National Park – and Broken Bay.
Kingston’s book is available for $20, with proceeds going towards maintenance and upkeep of Pearl Beach Memorial Hall.
To order email pearlbeachprogress.org.au or call 4344 2319; cash or card accepted.
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