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Lindsay Peet was a passionate advocate for the collection and preservation of Western Australian material, and a great friend, generous supporter, and contributor to the State’s heritage collections.  Over many years Lindsay enabled the purchase of important and valuable collections of original and rare material, including personal papers and photographs. He also contributed enormously to the State Library’s published works, ephemera, and map collections.

Lindsay was instrumental in the establishment of the Historical Records Rescue Consortium (HRRC) Project. Through his advocacy and financial contributions, Lindsay helped to secure a $3 million Lotterywest grant for the Consortium.  A number of years later, similar support from Lindsay helped to establish a project to preserve the State Library’s unique Oral History collection.  Lindsay also contributed significantly to enable the establishment of the State Library of Western Australia Foundation, and continued to support the State Library through the Foundation since its inception.

Lindsay was a long time member and Committee Member of the Friends of Battye Library (Inc.), a member of the National Trust (WA) and the Royal Western Australian Historical Society.  He also held close ties with the Professional Historians Association (WA), and held the role of Vice President of that organisation.  As a professional historian, Lindsay  researched and wrote authoritatively on World War II and on the history of real estate development in Western Australia. Lindsay held a particular interest in military aviation, and wrote numerous academic papers and two books on the history and role of the armed forces in Western Australia.

Lindsay was made a Fellow of the Library Board in 2012, in recognition of his efforts and contribution to the recording, collection and preservation of Western Australia’s history.