Pat Fennell

Patricia June Fennell (born 1933) is an Australian rural advocate.

Throughout her career, Fennell held many roles with various organisations, particularly those pertaining to rural women's health.

Career Fennell has served as a member of the Women's Council for Rural and Regional Women, as a board member of the North Queensland Rural Division of General Practice, and as a member of the National Health Council.

She helped establish the Centre for Rural and Remote Health in Mount Isa and is also credited with helping establish a Diploma of Enrolled Nursing Program in Mount Isa. She had originally married another man when she was 18 but it quickly ended in divorce and she became a single mother aged in her early 20's.

Fennell and her husband celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in September 2014.

Fennell's granddaughter Gillian Fennell is a South Australian cattle producer who has served as a director for the Cattle Council of Australia and as a representative of Livestock South Australia.

In 2014, Fennell authored the book, What You Can Do with Twenty Quid.

The Fennell's attempted to retire to the coast when they relocated to Bundaberg in 2016 but they returned to Mount Isa in early 2020 where they have stayed.

In 2015, she was named as a Queensland Great.

Fennell was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours in recognition of her service to women's health in rural and remote Queensland.