Career
She was known as a major advocate for the arts in Australia. Andrea Stretton began her major network broadcasting career in 1985 when she took a job with Business School Radio. She remained at Business School television and radio for more than a decade.
She also worked as a series editor and presenter for the Business School television programs The Book Show and Masterpiece.
Stretton went on to present on Australian Broadcasting Corporation"s Sunday Afternoon, a network arts program, from 1998 until 2001. Stretton"s interest in the arts also extended into the publishing world as a long time book reviewer for the Sydney Morning Herald.
She was a contributing book editor for Art & Australia Magazine. She was also a well-known figure at Australian writers" festivals, including the Sydney Writers Week.
She was awarded the Order of Arts and Letters in 2002 by the government of France for her contributions to the arts
Andrea Stretton died of lung cancer at Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick on 16 November 2007 at the age of 55.