Australian Lord Mayor
Alexis Ord, also known as Lecki Ord, was Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1987 to 1988. She was the first woman to hold that position.[1] Ord has been involved in several community activist groups, such as the Friends of the ABC,[2] founding member of the Women's Planning Network,[3] and the environmental movement.[4]
Work
Ord was an architect by training. Her interests were primarily in planning issues and environmental sustainability.[5] This interest is evident during her time at architecture school where her Carlton terrace-house was "the central driving force" behind the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia student conference in 1964.[6]
References
- ^ "Women's Time – Taking Time". Archived from the original on 14 March 2003. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ "Jonathan Shier Departs". Archived from the original on 21 May 2003. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ Day, Kirsten; Raisbeck, Peter (2021). "The Last Laugh and Its Afterlife: Emerging Narratives in 1970s Melbourne Architecture". Fabrications: The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand. 31 (3): 336–356.
- ^ "Lecki Ord: First woman Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne". Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ "Ord, Lecki". Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "New Materials, New Architecture, 1964, Melbourne". architecture.com.au. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
