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Cobar mayor Lilliane Brady, NSW’s longest-serving female mayor, dies aged 90
The longest serving female mayor in New South Wales, Lilliane Brady, has died at the age of 90.
Key points:
- Mayor Lilliane Brady has been remembered as a legend and a wonderful leader
- She moved to Cobar in the late 1960s with a plan to stay for a year, but liked the town so much she stayed
- Ms Brady had received a Lifetime Achievement Award and an Order of Australia medal
Ms Brady was mayor of the outback mining town of Cobar in the state’s central west for almost 23 years, and a local councillor for almost 38 years.
Her family confirmed she passed away in the local hospital overnight after a period of ill health.
Ms Brady had told ABC’s Back Roads she was planning to retire in September.
In 2020 Ms Brady was given a Minister For Local…
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