Lindsay James Peet (5 October 1939 – 26 September 2012[1]) was a Western Australian real estate developer and historian.
[3] Peet became a professional historian, specialising in military history, after completing a Graduate Diploma in Applied Heritage Studies from Curtin University.
[3] His 1995 thesis on an emergency landing in the Kimberley by Shady Lady, an American B-24 Liberator bomber, and the crew's rescue by the local Aboriginal people and monks, was the basis for the 2012 film Shady Lady.
[1][3] Peet was also a philanthropist, giving assistance to causes such as conservation works at New Norcia,[3] the Australian Museum Of Motion Picture & Television,[4] the Historical Records Rescue Consortium Project at the State Library of Western Australia, and a project to preserve the library's Oral History collection.
[3] Lindsay was given the Gem of Time award in 2009,[1] and appointed a Fellow of the Library Board in 2012.