HALL OF FAME

The Hon Rachel Nolan MP

2009 Inaugural Inductee

Student 1987 - 1991

Ms Rachel Nolan was elected Member for Ipswich in 2001, becoming the youngest woman ever elected to the Queensland Parliament. She was promoted into State Cabinet as Minister for Transport in 2009. In 2006, the University of Queensland named Ms Nolan as its Young Alumnus (past student) of the Year. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons).

Ms Nolan has served on the Boards of the Brisbane Institute and the Save the Bilby Fund and on the Advisory Committees of UQ Ipswich and its Boilerhouse Community Engagement Centre. She is a member of the Australian Conservation Foundation and the Ipswich Chamber of Commerce, and is Patron of the Association of School Tuckshops. Ms Nolan founded the Ipswich Women’s Development Network, an organisation promoting the status of women in Ipswich. Ms Nolan’s interests centre on environmental, social and economic sustainability.