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Pioneer of South West wine industry dies
May 3rd, 2021
Co-founder of one of the first vineyards in the South West wine region of Western Australia Elizabeth “Betty” Killerby (nee Burt) died peacefully at her home on 27 April, aged 85.
Elizabeth and her late husband Dr Barry Killerby had vineyards near Capel Vale north of Busselton, and also between Evans & Tate and Pierro on Caves Road in Margaret River.
They planted their first Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz cuttings in 1973 and the couple followed the work of pioneering writer, John Gladstones, whose research in the late 60s led to the establishment of the Margaret River wine region.