The Australian Women's Register

Summary

Margaret Anne Feilman was Perth’s first female town planner and a founding member of the Western Australia (WA) Town Planning Institute in 1950. Throughout her career, Margaret helped to establish the WA State Trust, was an inaugural Commissioner of the Australian Heritage Commission and was Chairman of the WA Town Planning Board. She was also a pioneer in heritage conservation techniques. On 13 June 13 1981, Margaret was awarded an Order of the British Empire medal ‘in recognition of service to architecture and conservation’.