Georgie Keats, Common Ground Foundation

Health, family and community.

It’s been said that health, family and community are our greatest assets – we need to take the greatest care of them. Enter Common Ground Foundation and a trio of passionate, caring women who are trying to help rural families brick by brick. One of those women is the formidable Georgie Keats.

Felicity Burton and Georgie Keats in the Toowoomba unit. CREDIT Common Ground Foundation

T: Where do you live, with who and what do you do in your role for Common Ground?

G: I live on a property outside Mt Tyson, with my three girls and my mum. We have a bit of sheep, cropping and cattle here – all quite small. I am still very involved in my family business, Keats Family Pastoral, with the engine room being in north QLD , but we are really lucky with technology and the way we can keep doing much from afar. I am one of the founding directors of the Common Ground Foundation, along with Felicity Burton and my mum, Belinda Keats.

T: Tell me about the foundation – where did it come from, why did it start…