Looveer, Lia (1920 - )

Born in Estonia in 1920, Lia Looveer came to Australia with her husband and daughter in 1949, settling in Sydney in 1952. She was an active member of the Estonian community in Sydney and was office manager for the Estonian weekly newspaper Meie Rodo, between 1956-1966.She was Secretary of the Captive Nations Council of New South Wales and Secretary General of the United Council of Migrants from Communist Dominated Europe in Australia in 1968.

Looveer joined the Liberal Party of Australia, New South Wales division, in 1955, and was a member of its Migrant Advisory Committee and of the federal Liberal Party's Advisory Committee on Ethnic Affairs, 1976-1981, as well as a member of the State Council over the same period. She is a foundation member of the Ethnic Communities' Council of N.S.W. Looveer was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1978 and received a Heritage Award from the Liberal Party of Australia, N.S.W. Division, in 2002.

Featured in

• Being Seen And Heard: Migrant Women Organising In Australia, A Documentary History (2006 - )

Founding Secretary

• The Joint Baltic Committee (1952 - )

  Lia Looveer was the founding Secretary of the Joint Baltic Committee in Australia and served in that position until 2002

Secretary

• Captive Nations Council of New South Wales (1965 - 1989)

  Lia Looveer was Secretary of the Captive Nations Council of New South Wales from 1968.

• The United Council of Migrants from Communist Dominated Europe in Australia (1953 - )

  Lia Looveer was Secretary General of the United Council of Migrants from Communist Dominated Europe in Australia

Related Concepts

• Estonia Born Community of Australia