Alexis Ord Explained
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]
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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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Women's Time – Taking Time . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030314082441/http://home.vicnet.net.au/~wmnstime/1980to1988.htm . 14 March 2003 . 23 January 2016.
- Web site: Jonathan Shier Departs . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030521215852/http://www.fabc.org.au/vic/links/photo_gallery/shier31_10_01.html . 21 May 2003 . 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.
- Web site: Lecki Ord: First woman Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101024164907/http://www.acmi.net.au/vid_lecki_ord.htm . 24 October 2010 . 23 January 2016.
- Web site: Ord, Lecki . Australian Women's Register. 22 January 2016.
- Web site: New Materials, New Architecture, 1964, Melbourne. architecture.com.au. 2018-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20180308231750/http://wp.architecture.com.au/people/congress-history/. 8 March 2018. dead.
