Amelia Lucy Wayn
Amelia Lucy Wayn | |
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| Born | 1862 |
| Died | 11 August, 1951 |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Occupation(s) | nurse and researcher |
| Known for | organising the records of Tasmania |
Amelia Lucy Wayn (1862 – 11 August, 1951) was an Australia historical researcher who was employed in Tasmania long before the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office was established.
Life
Wayn was born in Koblentz in Germany in 1862, but she arrived in Tasmania with her parents in 1864. Her mother dies in 1877 and her father moved about as he was an Anglican clergyman. She looked after her father for many years and after he retired she trained at Launceston Public Hospital in 1896 as a nurse.[1]
When she was almost 60 Wayn was employed as a "Lady Indexer" as part of the states contribution to The Historical Records of Australia in 1921. She was to organise the records that went back to the 1820s and held by the Tasmanian Chief Secretary's Department. She was intended to be temporary but she became the expert on the state's records. Her labours were mostly voluntary and received just a token payment until 1942 when she was paid a salary. She had been made a MBE in 1941 and she continuded her work until 1949 when an archivist was employed. The records she created up to 1856 were her speciality and the index is named after her.[2]
Wayn died in Hobart. The Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office was established in 2008, as an amalgamation of the various existing services, to provide a single entry point into Tasmanian social history, government records and cultural artefacts.[3]
References
- ^ "Sister Amelia Lucy Wayn (c1862 - 1951)". Libraries Tasmania. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
- ^ Pearce, Ian, "Amelia Lucy Wayn (1862–1951)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 2024-05-26
- ^ "About LINC: The LINC Tasmania story, so far". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
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