Rosette Edmunds
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: January 01, 1900
Date of Death: January 01, 1956
Birth City: Sydney
Birth Country: Australia
Resident Country: Australia
Notes: first women to hold a position of committee presidency within the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA)
Sources: Willis, Julie, and Bronwyn Hanna. Women Architects in Australia: 1900-1950. Victoria: G.T.Graphics, 1997.
Specialties
Subject: Australian Church Architecture
Jobs
Employer: Clement Glancey, Sydney Office
Title: Architecture Professor
City: Sydney
Country: Australia
Start Date: January 01, 1929
End Date: January 01, 1941
Notes: Edmunds worked on Church designs in this office. Many successful early women architects were employed here
Employer: Department of the Interior
Title: Architect
Country: Australia
Notes: during World War II Edmunds worked on naval defences around Australia
Employer: Commonwealth Department of Postwar Reconstruction
Title: Planner
Country: Australia
Employer: Cumberland County Council
Title: Senior Staff Appointment, Planner
Country: Australia
Start Date: January 01, 1946
Notes: convinced Sydney Luker that Bennelong Point should be the site for the Sydney Opera House
Employer: Moir & Sutherland
City: Canberra
Country: Australia
Start Date: January 01, 1951
Employer: private practice
City: Braddon
Country: Australia
Notes: founded her own private practice
Collaborators
Country: delete
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Fellow
Date Received: January 01, 1956
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
No projects on record
Education
Institution: Santa Sabina at Strathfield
Notes: Dominican convent school
Institution: University of Sydney
Degree: Architecture
End Date: January 01, 1924
Notes: graduated with the third class of architecture students. First completed an arts degree.
Institution: University of Sydney
Department: Town Planning
Licensing
Professional Affiliations
Organization: Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA)
Start Date: January 01, 1927
Notes: President of the Canberra Committee of the RAIA in 1955
Publications By
Title: Architecture: An Introductory Survey
Publisher: Dymocks Book Arcade
City: Sydney
Date Published: January 01, 1938
Notes: illustrated with Edmund's own art nouveau style drawings
Publications About
Title: Women Architects in Australia: 1900-1950
Author: Julie Willis and Bronwyn Hanna
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