Betty Taylor (community advocate)

On Queensland Day in 2020, Taylor was named as a Queensland Great.

In 2017, Taylor was appointed as an independent mediator to lead a reconciliation process for women who were wrongfully sent to the Wolston Park Asylum as "delinquent girls" and the Queensland Government. Following the publication of a report written by Taylor entitled Child Placements by Queensland Government in Adult Mental Health Facilities, which was tabled in state parliament, the women were financially compensated by the Queensland Government.

In 2002, Taylor was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to investigate multi-agency interventions to domestic violence in the United States and Canada. In 2004, Taylor conducted a study tour of the United States and Canada where she researched domestic violence death review boards. Later she played a part in setting up the Domestic Violence Death Review Action Group in Queensland and the Domestic Violence Death Review Board.

In 2002, Taylor was awarded a Churchill Fellowship.

In 2001, Taylor received the Centenary Medal for her significant contribution to domestic violence provision.

Taylor graduated in sociology from Monash University in 1997. She began her career as an outreach worker on the Gold Coast, establishing the Gold Coast Domestic Violence Prevention Centre and since then has represented various domestic violence agencies and review boards.

In 1995, Taylor chaired the Domestic Violence Council - an advisory body to the Department of Family and Community Services. In October of that year she travelled with Torres Strait islander woman Kailang Dorante to remote areas in Cape York and Torres Strait to consult with indigenous women on domestic violence in their communities.

Betty Taylor (born Elizabeth Anne Frost in Queensland in 1949) is an Australian community advocate and domestic violence prevention campaigner.