National award

KATHRYN Robertson is this year’s Rural Community Leader of the Year. The Strathkellar local received the accolade at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday as part of the 2020-21 Australian Farmer of the Year Awards. Photo: LAUREN HAY.

By Mark Rabich

June 18, 2021 | 1:22 PM

A PRESTIGIOUS national honour was awarded on Thursday to a well-known local community leader at the 2020-21 Australian Farmer of the Year Awards in Canberra.

Strathkellar livestock veterinarian, Kathryn Robertson, was at Parliament House to receive the award for ‘Rural Community Leader of the Year’ and yesterday morning spoke of her own reaction and those of family and friends.