MARGARET J. HENDRY
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT & SENIOR LECTURER

DATE OF BIRTH: l l MAY 1930, Melbourne, Australia.

CURRICULA VITAE


QUALIFICATIONS:

1948 Certificate of Competency in Horticulture,
Burnely Horticultural College
, Victoria.

1957 Diploma in Landscape Design (Dunelm) King's College,
Durham University
, England.


APPOINTMENTS:

1963-74 Landscape Architect,
National Capital Development Commission.

1963-66 Inaugural Honorary Secretary
on Provisional Council to form AILA.

1966-69 Honorary Secretary and Council member of the AILA.

1970 President, Soroptimist Club of Canberra.

1974-75 President,
Business and Professional Women's Clubs NSW Division.

1974-76 Admissions Committee,
Canberra College of Advanced Education.

1975 Elected Fellow of both the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and the Landscape Institute (UK).

1975-76 Women's Advisory Board to the NSW Government.1976-1978 Women's Advisory Council to the NSW Government.

1979 Chairperson, AILA Accreditation Committee, Landscape Architecture
Course, Queensland Institute of Technology.

1980-87 Curriculum Advisory Committee Member, Woden TAFE Horticultural Division.

1982 IFLA 20th World Congress.
Chairperson of session on World Heritage Sites in Australia. Franklin River.

1983 Chairperson for the selection of the first person to be awarded the Award in Landscape Architecture.

1985 Keynote speaker and paper: Documentation for Landscape Work. Ryde School of Horticulture, Sydney, National Seminar AILA & ICA.

1986 Chairperson and Jury member for the first Award of Design Excellence.

1989-90 Member of the Committee to establish the Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens.

1991 Member of NCPA
Committee on the Trees in the Parliamentary Zone.

1995-96 Commemorative Tree Planting Committee, Order of Australia Association.


AWARDS & PRIZES:

1948 Mary Janet Lucus Memorial Prize. Burnely Horticultural College.
1992 Order of Australia Medal.
1995 South Canberra Rotary Club Community Service Award.


EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
Since graduating in horticulture, I have directed my career towards landscape design and teaching, assisting in the formation of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. Acted as the first Honorary Secretary and Chairperson of the Membership Committee. More recently, I assisted in the preparation of the course at Canberra College of Advanced Education and appointed the inaugural senior lecturer.

I have been consistently employed as a landscape architect until my retirement. Since then, I have undertaken commissions and worked as a consultant in specialised fields in my profession.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE;
1958-61 Landscape Architect with the Basildon Development Corporation (England), working under Dame Sylvia Crowe on large and small scale projects typical of New Town Development.

1963-74 Worked on a wide range of large scale projects for the National Capital Development Commission, including housing areas, schools, playgrounds, playing fields, shopping centres, recreation areas and cemeteries.

1974-85 Senior Lecturer, School of Environmental Design, Canberra College of Advanced Education.

1989-94 S.F. Landscape Consultants. Participated in project development and the report on the Maintenance and Management of the Parliamentary Zone.


PUBLICATIONS:

1976 ANZAAS 39th Congress. "Suburban Open Space, Its Value and Use".

1978"Open Space - Its Value and Use". Interbild, London.

1979 "Canberra - A City within a Landscape: an evaluation of the provision of parkland and public open space". Elsevier Scientific Publishing Coy, Amsterdam Referred Journal.

1980 "The Parliamentary Triangle - Canberra a city within a landscape",
Landscape Australia, 4 Nov, pp 268-275.

1982 Professional Practice in Landscape Design. S.E.D. publication no.3,
CCAE Canberra.

1983 "Getting a Good Job Done Happily", The Landscaper, No. 30, June.

1985 Practice Notes for Landscape Architects. Edn 2. S.E.D. publication no 7, CCAE Canberra.

1986 "The Life and Times of Mervyn Davis", Landscape Australia, 1 Feb. pp 57-59.

1993 "Urban and rural landscape developments in Canberra, The problem and science of human settlements". The Landscape: Design and Planning. Ekistics. Vol 60 no 370/361 May/