Add to ORKGBetty grew up with her older sister Donna, on her parents' pastoral property Humbert River Station in the Northern Territory. Like many children in the outback her schooling was done through correspondence and supervised by her mother initially and then later by a governesses. She completed her high school education at a boarding school in Adelaide. Betty commenced training as a nurse in 1965 at the Darwin Hospital. After completing her studies Betty worked overseas for a couple of years and then returned to Darwin. In 1973 she became a successful business woman owning and operating a variety of businesses in partnership with her sister Donna. On 17th August 1974 Betty married John Cecil Atkinson. Together they owned and operated a n...