Mary (Mollie) Turner Shaw
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: January 01, 1906
Date of Death: January 01, 1990
Birth City: Victoria's Western District
Birth Country: Australia
Resident Country: Australia
Sources: Willis, Julie, and Bronwyn Hanna. Women Architects in Australia: 1900-1950. Victoria: Royal Australian Institute of Architecture, 2001.
Specialties
Jobs
Employer: Bates Smart & McCutcheon (BSM)
Title: Architect
Start Date: January 01, 1951
Notes: oversaw construction of Trusteel prefabricated country hospitals
Employer: Stephenson & Meldrum
Title: Student
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Notes: her uncle paid the premium
Employer: Stanley Hall, Easton & Robertson
Title: Architect
Country: England (U.K.)
Start Date: January 01, 1937
Employer: Buchan, Laird & Buchan
Title: Architect
City: Geelong
Country: Australia
Start Date: January 01, 1939
Notes: 2 month contract extended to 6 months
Employer: Romberg & Shaw
Title: Partner, Architect
Country: Australia
End Date: January 01, 1942
Notes: designed blocks of flats in Australia with Frederick Romberg
Employer: Commonwealth Department of Works (CDW)
Title: Architect
Start Date: January 01, 1942
Notes: first woman architect employed in the department, encouraged Cynthea Teague to join her
Collaborators
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Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
No awards on record
Exhibitions
Title: Savage Luxury: Modernist Design in Melbourne 1930-1939
Description: at the Heide Museum of Modern Art
Country: Australia
Start Date: January 01, 2007
End Date: January 01, 2007
Notable Projects
No projects on record
Education
Institution: Melbourne's Working Men's College
Department: Architecture
Start Date: January 01, 1931
Notes: left after disagreements with the College administration
Licensing
Professional Affiliations
Organization: Victorian Architectural Students' Society (VASS)
Role: Member
Notes: edited the 1935 issue of Lines, the VASS publication at the time
Organization: Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA)
Role: chair of the House Committee
Notes: gave a paper discussing the role of the architect in reconstruction
Publications By
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Publications About
Title: Women Architects in Australia 1900-1950
Author: Julie Willis and Bronwyn Hanna
Publisher: the Royal Australian Institute of Architects
Date Published: January 01, 2001