Guests included WA Governor, the Honourable Kim Beazley, RASWA President, David Thomas, RASWA CEO, Robyn Sermon, Wesfarmers representative, Tahlie Citterbard, and Artist, Tayana Soboleva as well as many guests from across rural WA.

The Honourable Kim Beazley announced and warmly welcomed our 2021 Agricultural Hall of Fame inductee, Dr Graham Crosbie, with RASWA President David Thomas unveiling Dr Crosbie’s portrait, painted by artist, Tatyana Soboleva.

Dr Crosbie is a Pioneer of the Western Australian noodle wheat industry and the drviing force behind WA’s status as the major world supplier of specialist wheats for the Japanese and South Korean noodle wheat markets. His skills as a chemist defined the ideal wheat for high quality noodles which underpinned the development of distinctive varieties of udon noodle wheat in Western Australia. 
His work in defining the exacting traits of udon noodles as well as developing techniques to measure them, paved the way for breeders to develop new and specialised udon wheat varieties. Dr Crosbie went on to work closely with the Japanese flour milling industry and the Australian wheat industry, creating a unique and highly profitable wheat class.

“If you are in the Hall of Fame in WA, you are in the Hall of Fame of an industry of global, vital character. We should be so proud, because we are scientifically brilliant in this area. Congratulations to Dr Graham Crosbie, a true pioneer for Western Australian Agriculture”, Hon Kim Beazley said.