Lindsay Peet

Lindsay James Peet (5 October 1939 – 26 September 2012[1]) was a Western Australian real estate developer and historian.[2]

Peet was born on 5 October 1939, the only son of Cyril and Ethel Peet, and grandson of James Peet, who established the Peet and Co. real estate development company.[1] He was educated at Hale School, and subsequently the University of Western Australia. Peet obtained a Bachelor of Science in geology, and initially worked as a geologist, and in 1967 as a hydrogeologist for the Geological Survey of Western Australia.[3] In the 1960s, at Kalgoorlie, Peet married his wife, Laurel. They had two sons, Nigel and Julian.[1]

Peet returned to Perth, joined the families real estate business,[1] and earned a Diploma in Valuation and a Diploma in Real Estate Management.[3] He remained working for Peet and Co. until his retirement in 1985,[1] after the company merged and expanded.[3]

Peet became a professional historian, specialising in military history, after completing a Graduate Diploma in Applied Heritage Studies from  Curtin University.[3] His 1995 thesis on an emergency landing in the Kimberley by Shady Lady, an American B-24 Liberator bomber, and the crew's rescue by the local Aboriginal people and monks, was the basis for the 2012 film Shady Lady.[1][3]

Peet was also a philanthropist, giving assistance to causes such as conservation works at New Norcia,[3] the Australian Museum Of Motion Picture & Television,[4] the Historical Records Rescue Consortium Project at the State Library of Western Australia, and a project to preserve the library's Oral History collection.[3] Linday was given the Gem of Time award in 2009,[1] and appointed a Fellow of the Library Board in 2012.[5]