Elizabeth Anne Davenport (born 12 April 1945) is an Australian

fashion designer Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashion in ...

and businesswoman. Davenport is a managing director of Liz Davenport Fashion Pty Ltd, and long-term campaigner for conservation of Australian

old-growth forest An old-growth forestalso termed primary forest, virgin forest, late seral forest, primeval forest, or first-growth forestis a forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance, and thereby exhibits unique ecological featur ...

. She stood as a

Liberals for Forests Liberals for Forests was an Australian political minor party. It contested both state and federal elections between 2002 and 2008, but only ever achieved one elected representative – Janet Woollard (elected as an Independent) in Western Aust ...

candidate for the

electoral district of Nedlands Nedlands is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Nedlands is named for the inner western Perth suburb of Nedlands which falls within its borders. History Nedlands was created at the 1929 redistribution, at whi ...

in 2001 elections for the

Western Australian Legislative Assembly The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Western Australia, an Australian state. The Parliament sits in Parliament House in the Western Australian capital, Perth. The Legisla ...

, but was defeated. She also stood as one of the candidates of the 2001 Australian federal election, but again was not elected.

Honours

Awards that Davenport has received in Australia include: *

Medal of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

(OAM), "For service to the fashion industry, and to the community". *HRH Queen Sirikit of Thailand – Silk Festival *Finalist of the 2011 Western Australia Citizen of the Year

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davenport, Liz Living people 1945 births Australian fashion designers Australian women fashion designers Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia