- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0137
Burke, Frances Mary
- MBE, FRSA, FDIA
- Born 1907, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Died 1994
- Occupation Artist, Businesswoman, Designer
Summary
Frances Mary Burke was appointed as a Member of the British Empire on the 1 January 1970 for her contribution to art and design. In 1937 she established with fellow graduate Morris Holloway Australia’s first registered textile printery – Burway Prints. The Frances Burke Textile Resource Centre at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology was named in her honour. The centre now forms part of the RMIT Design Archives.
Events
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1937
Founded Burway Prints, the first registered textile screen printery in Australia (Frances Burke Fabrics Pty Ltd)
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1938
Foundation member of the Contemporary Arts Society
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1940
Exhibiting member of the Arts and Crafts Society
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1942
Commissioned to design fabrics for first Australian Embassy Washington, USA
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1947
Foundation member of the Society of Industrial Designers
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1958 - 1966
Council member at the Museum of Modern Art and Design Australia
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1958
Foundation member of the Industrial Design Institute of Australia (now Design Institute of Australia)
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1968
Foundation council member of the National Printery Council
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1968 - 1971
President of the Arts and Crafts Society
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1977 - 1981
Member of council at University College Melbourne
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1980 - 1983
Chairman of the Course Advisory Committee in Textile Design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
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1987
Director of Arts Honoris Causa at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
Archival resources
Published resources
- Edited Book
- Thesis
- Book
- Catalogue
- Newspaper Article
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Resource Section
- Burke, Frances, 2000, http://www.cyberfibres.rmit.edu.au/biogs/TRC0005b.htm
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Resource
- Trove: Burke, Frances Mary (1907-1994), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-754065
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Site Exhibition
- Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html