13 Facts About Patricia Edgar

Patricia Edgar has a BA and a BEd from the University of Melbourne, a Master of Arts from Stanford University, and a PhD from La Trobe University.

Patricia Edgar introduced the first courses on film and television production and cinema studies at an Australian university.

Patricia Edgar served on several government committees, such as the Australian Broadcasting Control Board which she was appointed to by Gough Whitlam's government in 1975.

Patricia Edgar was involved in the Australian National Commission of UNESCO, Film Victoria, the Council of the Australian Film and Television School, the Victorian Government's Board of CIRCIT Ltd and the Victorian Post-Secondary Education Commission.

Patricia Edgar served as an Associate Member of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal's Inquiry into Violence on Television from 1988 to 1989.

Patricia Edgar chaired the ACMI Foundation from 2004 to 2006, and is the founding chair of the Breast Cancer Network of Australia, of which she served as chair from 1998 to 2009.

Patricia Edgar was the founding director of the Australian Children's Television Foundation.

Patricia Edgar is currently deputy chair of the World Summit on media for Children Foundation, but served as chair for seventeen years.

Patricia Edgar is a sort of Centurion in her abilities to kick down doors and push walls over.

Patricia Edgar was a finalist in the Victorian of the Year Awards for 1995.

Patricia Edgar was awarded the Australian College of Education medal in 1998 and an Achiever Award from the Committee for Melbourne in 2001.

Patricia Edgar received both of these awards as recognition for her exceptional contribution to using the medium of television as a form of education.

Patricia Edgar was named on the Victorian Honour Roll of Women, which recognises women of achievement that have made a difference in Victoria or internationally.