Beverley Bolin

Beverley Louise Bolin (born 1923) was the first woman to become a registered architect in South Australia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Architectural) from the University of South Australia in 1949.[1]

Beverley Bolin
in 1943
Born23 January 1923
Sydney
NationalityAustralia
EducationSouth Australian School of Mines and Industries
Occupationarchitect
Known forfirst woman to become a registered architect in South Australia

Early life

Beverley Louise Bolin was born in Sydney on 23 January 1923. Ernest William Bolin and Mabel Kathleen Bolin were British immigrants and they soon moved to Brighton in South Australia. They settled in Tranmere in Emerson Grove.[1]

Education

Beverley completed the combined Engineering Degree in Architecture at the Adelaide University and Fellowship Diploma of Architecture at the South Australian School of Mines and Industries (now University of South Australia).[2] She was the first woman to become a registered architect in South Australia.[1] While at university, Beverley was active in the Adelaide University Women’s Union as well as Wilderness School Old Scholars for her former school (McDonough 2012). She also participated into University life through club involvement being including the Adelaide University Engineering Society.[1] Whilst she was studying she was apprenticed to Adelaide architects and she then went on to work for the South Australian Housing Trust.[3]

In 1950 Balin was working in London where she became an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects.[3]

In 1988 she was working near Los Angeles where she was the President of the Women’s Architectural League. Despite this in 1998 Bolin was identified as a "Missing Golden Jubilee Graduate".[4]

Professional affiliations
  • South Australian Institute of Architects (Student Member), 1947
  • South Australian Institute of Architect (Associate Member), 1948
  • Royal Institute of British Architects (Associate Member), 1950[3] - 1960
  • Registered with Architects Registration Council of the United Kingdom, 1955
  • President - Women's Architectural League, USA 1988[5]

Career
  • Lawson and Cheeseman, 1946[1]
  • South Australian Housing Trust, 1947
  • John Grey and Partner - London, 1948 - 1960
  • John Grey and Partner - London, 1965 -

References
  1. Collins, Julie. "Beverley Bolin". Architects of South Australia. Architecture Museum. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. "University of Adelaide exam results". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 9 December 1944. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. "SA Woman Architect in London". The News. 4 January 1950. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/script/adelaidean/archive/backissues/Adelaidean-1998-09-14.pdf
  5. "Robert A. Reed to Be Installed by Architects". Los Angeles Times. 10 January 1988.
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