Australia’s oldest person, Doubleview local Peg Vivian, has passed away aged 112.

Peg was an ordinary woman who led an extraordinary life, the sort of nana everyone would love to have.

Granddaughter Lynne said she was an incredible person.

“She has been so inspirational to so many people, everybody that she meets she touches their heart, she’s just a beautiful lady.”

Peg was born in Scotland in 1906. At just 10 years of age, her journey to Perth was epic.

Her parents came separately. So with her brother and sister, Peg travelled to London, then all the way to Fremantle on a steam ship in the middle of WWI.

It was a voyage she vividly remembered a century later.

Camera Icon Margaret “Peg” Vivian at home in Doubleview with her daughter, Peggie Butcher. Credit: Nic Ellis / The West Australian

Peg married Jack Vivian in 1927. They had two children, Peggy and Tom.

Daughter Peggy moved in to lend a hand when her mum was 101.

It was supposed to be a short term arrangement.

“Well 12 years I’ve been staying with her and we never ever had a fight but we just used to get on really well,” her daughter said.

Powerhouse Peg did yoga and water aerobics until she was 108.

Camera Icon Margaret “Peg” Vivian with her daughter Peggy Butcher. Credit: Nic Ellis

Apart from an obsession with lollies, she ate well, didn’t drink or smoke, never bothered learning the computer. And boy did Peg walk.

“(She) never drove,” said Lynne. “She would walk up to Scarborough Beach Road to the shops and up to the Morris Centre with her little trolley. She’d walk everywhere.”

At 112 years and seven months, Australia’s oldest person passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones.

She was a tiny woman who left a very big mark on the world.

Farewell, precious Peg.