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Lukis, Merolla Frances Fellowes (Mollie) (1911 - )

OBE, BA Hons, DipEd, FLAA

Born
1911
Balingup, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Archivist

Summary

Mollie Lukis graduated with Honours from the University of Western Australia in 1932. She worked as a teacher from 1934 to 1940 in Perth, Victoria and England, then with the Munitions Supply Laboratories during the war years. In 1945 Lukis was appointed State archivist of the Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia. On June 1976 Lukis was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) for archival work.

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Events

13 August 1911
Born daughter of Frederick and Jean (nee Campbell) Lukis
1931
Graduated from the University Western Australia with BA Hons
1932
Awarded Diploma of Education from University of Western Australia
1933 - 1940
Held various teaching positions
1940 - 1945
Metrologist at the Defence Research Laborities, Maribyrnong Victoria
1945 - 1971
State archivist and librarian with the JS Battye Library (Western Australia) - first woman state archivist in Australia
1950 - 1971
Member of the Nomenclature Advisory Committee to Minister for Lands
1952
President of the Australian Federation of University Women (Western Australia)
1952 - 1955
Member of the Library Board of Western Australia
1957
Awarded Carnegie Corporation travel grant to study archives and libraries in United States of America and United Kingdom
1959 - 1974
Councillor with the National Trust of Australia (Western Australia)
1963
Fellow of the Library Association Australia (FLAA)
1970
Fellow of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society
1971 - 1974
Honorary secretary of the National Trust of Australia (Western Australia)
1974 - 1977
Member of the Library Board of Western Australia
12 June 1976
Appointed Officer to the Order of the British Empire (Civil)

Sources used to compile this entry: Lofthouse, Andrea (ed.), Who's who of Australian women, Methuen Australia, North Ryde (NSW), 1982, 504 pp; http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/search/Wlukis/Wlukis/1,18,18,B/frameset&FF=Wlukis&12,12, accessed 2002-11-04.

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Archival resources

JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia

  • Papers of Mollie Lukis, ACC 4392A, 5913A, 6135A, 6136A.; Lukis, Merolla Frances Fellowes (Mollie) (1911 - ); JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details

Published resources

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Books

  • Ives, Alan, Archives in Western Australia : the Battye Library : M F F Lukis and M Medcalf : a bibliography, Pearce Press, Canberra, 1978, 17 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'State Archivist returns', Equal pay news, August, 1967, p. 11. Details
  • '[Mollie Lukis - awarded honorary doctorate of Literature from Murdoch University]', Newsletter (Library Board of W.A.), no. 156, 1985, p. 15. Details
  • '[Mollie Lukis - elected an honorary member of National Trust of WA]', Trust news, no. 188, 1994, p. 9. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • '[Mollie Lukis - first State Archivist]', Western mail, 22 March, pp. 34a-d. Details
  • 'Woman archivist', Western mail, 22 March. Details

Pictures

  • Mollie Lukis collection of photographs, 005691D Mollie Lukis seated at her desk -- 005692D Angled portrait, 1972 -- 005693D Mollie Lukis with two unidentified men, one signing a book -- 005694D Mollie Lukis views records with two members of the Edith Cowan Memorial Committee -- 005695D Mollie Lukis accepting records from members of the Edith Cowan Memorial Committee -- 005696D Side portrait of Mollie Lukis in laboratory, ca.1943 -- Mollie Lukis browsing through a magazine -- 005698D Mollie Lukis with North Carolina State Archivist J.G. Jones -- 005699D Mollie Lukis talking to staff of North Carolina State Archives, 1957 -- 005700D Mollie Lukis at State Archives, Springfield Illinois, with Governor of Illinois. Details

Sound recordings

  • Harvey, Erica (interviewed by), Interview with Molly Lukis, Born Balingup, childhoold. Her work as State Archivist 1945-1971 and the commencement of the Oral History Programme 1961 on., 1992. Details
  • Lukis, Mollie, [Recording of talk given by Meroula Lukis], Reminiscences about the foundation of the Battye Library and its early history. Talk delivered to the Friends of the Battye Library, November 1981., November. Details

Online Resources

See also

  • '[Mollie Lukis - Honours]', Newsletter (St Catherines College), no. 1/86, 1986, pp. 1-3. Details
  • Lofthouse, Andrea (ed.), Who's who of Australian women, Methuen Australia, North Ryde (NSW), 1982, 504 pp. Details
  • Popham, Daphne; Stokes, K.A.; Lewis, Julie, Reflections : profiles of 150 women who helped make Western Australia's history; Project of the Womens Committee for the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of Western Australia, Carrolls, Perth, Melbourne [etc.]:, 1979, 266 pp. Details

Anne Heywood

Created: 17 October 2002, Last modified: 1 May 2009

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