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Born in Oisterwijk, Noord Brabant, Netherlands, she studied languages in Paris and London.
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Annita Johanna Maria
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She worked at KLM as a flight attendant. While working with Alitalia, she met Keating, then an aspiring young politician. Van Iersel was well travelled, and this, along with her knowledge of five languages, proved a valuable diplomatic asset, especially in support of Sydney"s bid for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
In 1998, Annita and Paul Keating separated.
That same year she enrolled in a Master of Fine Arts course, majoring in photography, at the Australian National School of Arts in Darlinghurst, Sydney. She graduated in 2001.
In March 2008 she was scheduled to exhibit a series of paintings—oils on Belgian linen—that she created in her studio on the Hawkesbury River. They did not formally divorce until 2008, though she had resumed her maiden name of van Iersel long before then
