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Farewell to Pirie’s queen of stage and screen

From left, Karen Tisher, Jenne Martin, Lillian Crombie, Alison King and Marianne Fox in one of the Port Pirie Ballet School performances. Reprinted with permission from Balmoral Estate Port Pirie website, courtesy of Chris and Alison King.
Neralie Bailey

WARNING: This article contains the name and images of an Aboriginal person who has passed. One of Australia’s leading actors, […]

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