How being crowned a ‘queen’ assisted move these ladies into the farming spotlight

The small country farming town of Donnybrook, in the south-west of WA, is synonymous with apples.  Its playground is apple-themed, its streets are decorated with large green apples, and most years since 1954 the town has gathered to celebrate the region’s thriving apple-growing industry and to crown its “queen”. In 1989, a shy young Alison O’Neil took…