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

Country: delete

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