Lavinia ‘Libby’ Wager collection

Frances Lavinia 'Libby' Poulston Rowe was born 4th July, 1938, in Brisbane. She grew up in Taringa and attended Taringa State School, the State Commercial High School and Central Technical College. As a teenager, Libby Wager became involved in competitive fencing and was a Queensland representative fencer, 1959-1962, and an Australian representative fencer, 1961-1962. She competed at the Inter Dominion Championships in New Zealand, and the World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1962. In December 1962 she married Warren Wager in Brisbane. During the 1960s she was a delegate at a number of national and international fencing congresses and remained involved in the sport up until the 1980s, coaching students at a number of Brisbane high schools including Kenmore, Jamboree Heights and Everton Park State Schools, as well as Brisbane Grammar School, Mt Alvina College and Marist Brothers. As a young woman, Libby worked as a stenographer and office manager, and was involved in modelling, winning a Roma Fashions beauty pageant, and as a result was a contestant in the Miss Australia Quest, 1957. Throughout her life she has continued to be active in many community organisations.