The Australian Women's Register

Summary

Marjorie Tipping is a prolific writer and historian of art and colonial Australia. In 1990, based on her many published scholarly works, she became the first woman to earn the degree of Doctor of Letters by examination from the University of Melbourne. Tipping’s books include Eugene von Guerard’s Australian Landscapes (1975) Ludwig Becker: Artist & Naturalist with the Burke & Wills Expedition (1978), Melbourne on the Yarra (1978) and Convicts Unbound: The Story of the Calcutta Convicts and Their Settlement in Australia (1988).

Tipping was the first woman president (1972-1975) and fellow (1968) of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. She was a member of the Victorian Council of the Arts and numerous other committees and community organizations, often in a voluntary capacity. Tipping was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (13 June 1981), for her contribution to the Arts.

Tipping is the patron of and one of the founders of the E W Tipping Foundation for Mentally Retarded Children and Adults, established in 1970. Tipping has travelled on six continents; her interests include music, theatre, archaeology, Australiana, and Chinese art.

Source(s): Personal Communication (2002), Who’s Who of Australian Women, Who’s Who 2002.

Events

• 1975 - 1978

  Government nominee Council of Adult Education Committee

• 1975 - 1987

  Government nominee Victorian Government Placenames Committee

• 1970

  Patron and Foundation Member E W Tipping Foundation for Intellectually Handicapped

• 1965 - 1979

  Member Council International Social Service

• 1996

  Member Foundation Committee La Trobe and Baillieu Libraries

• 1972 - 1975

  First woman President of the Royal Historical Society Victoria

• 1963

  Founder Affiliated Historical Societies

• 1958

  Organising Chairman four biennial conferences and the Australiana Festival

• 1981

  Doctor C H Currey Fellow

• 1973

  Member Literature Board awards Australia Council

• 1977

  Member Literature Board awards Australia Council

• 1992

  History Consultant Grundy Television for Convicts Unbound (TV Series)

• 1982 - 1990

  Member Board of Directors Victorian State Opera

• 1974

  Vice-Chairperson, Matthew Flinders Bicentenary Committee

• 1968

  First woman Fellow Royal Historical Society Victoria

• 1990

  First woman to receive Doctor of Letters by examination from the University of Melbourne

• 2042

  married Edmond William Tipping (dec. 1970)

• 2017

  Born: daughter of John Alexandra and Florence Amelia (nee Paterson) McCredie

• 1999

  Contributor to University Melbourne, Oral History Project

• 1999

  Contributor to Encyclopedia of Melbourne project Monash University

• 1978 - 1991

  Foundation Member Science and Humanities Committee Museum Victoria

• 1974 - 1981

  Member Victorian Ministry Arts Advisory Council

• 1979 - 1980

  Member Victorian Theatre Policy Committee Victorian Arts Centre

• 1976 - 1984

  Foundation Chairman Victorian Publications and Literature Committee