Marjorie Tipping
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| Born | 26 March 1917 |
| Died | 28 September 2009 (aged 92) |
| Occupation | Historian |
Marjorie Jean Tipping
Biography
The daughter of John Alexandra McCredie and Florence Amelia Paterson,
Tipping's works focus on the history of art and colonial Australia, and include Eugene von Guerard's Australian Landscapes (1975) Ludwig Becker: Artist & Naturalist with the Burke & Wills Expedition (1978), Melbourne on the Yarra (1978)[3] and Convicts Unbound: The Story of the Calcutta Convicts and Their Settlement in Australia (1988).[4] She also contributed to the Australian Dictionary of Biography.[5]
Tipping was the first woman to earn the degree of Doctor of Letters by examination from the University of Melbourne, and was awarded an MBE.[citation needed] Tipping has contributed to many community organisations, including as first woman president (from 1972) of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and as a patron (with
Tipping was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (1968) and appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (13 June 1981), for her contribution to the Arts.
References
- ^ "Tipping, Marjorie Jean - Woman". The Australian Women's Register.
- ^ "Scholar who ignited Batman controversy". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 November 2009.
- ISBN 9780701810085.
- ISBN 9780670900688.
- ^ "Trailblazing woman wrote on Australian history". The Age. 3 November 2009.
External links
- "Tipping, Marjorie (1917-)". Trove. National Library of Australia.
- Tipping, Marjorie Jean McCredie (1917–2009) at The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
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