- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0450
Scotter, Sheila Winifred Gordon
- AM, MBE
- Born 2 December, 1920, Calcutta India
- Died 6 April, 2012, Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Occupation Author, Broadcaster, Columnist
Summary
On 8th June 1992, Sheila Scotter was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to the Arts, particularly through fundraising. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) on 13th June 1970 for services to journalism and commerce.
Events
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1988
Chairman of The Dame Joan Hammond Award
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1982 - 1988
Foundation Vice-Chairman of the Victorian State Opera Foundation
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1980 - 1983
Member of the Board of the Victorian State Opera
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1969 - 1972
Member of the Board of Australian Opera
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1962 - 1971
Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Australia
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1962 - 1971
Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Living magazine
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1962 - 1971
Director of Conde Nast Publications
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1958 - 1962
Head of the marketing division of Joseph Bancroft and Son Wilmington Delaware for Continental Europe Paris
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1956 - 1958
Promotion Director of the marketing division of Joseph Bancroft and Son Wilmington Delaware for Australia and New Zealand
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1953 - 1956
High Fashion Buyer for Georges Melbourne
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1949 - 1953
High Fashion Buyer for Myer Melbourne
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1992
Appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to The Arts, particularly through fundraising.
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1970
Appointed to the Order of the British Empire – Member (Civil) for services to journalism and commerce.
Archival resources
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Article
- It's fashion, sweetie, darling, Perkin, Corrie, 2001, http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/2001/04/09/FFXCSVU3BLC.html
- Book
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Site Exhibition
- Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
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Resource
- Trove: Scotter, Sheila Winifred Gordon (1920-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-741090
- Newspaper Article