HerStory
Beatrice May HUTTON
Also known as: Bea
Born: 16 July 1893
Died: 7 October 1990
Special Achievements:She became the chief draftsperson of Hocking and Palmer [Queensland] during Edwin Morton Hockings' war service.
1916 - First woman associate member of Queensland Institute of Architects.
The heritage listed Rudd Residence, Rockhampton, and other "wide verandahed houses" have been attributed to her.
late 1916 - She moved to Sydney, where she focused on residential projects in addition to the New South Wales Masonic Club building and Sirius House.
1931-33 - Ms. Hutton was a junior partner of Claude William Chambers as Chambers and Hutton. "It may be that Hutton was the only woman practicing as a principal in Sydney at the time."
"She wanted to follow in her father's footsteps as a surveyor, but had to accept architecture as the nearest feasible alternative."
After moving to Brisbane, she opened an art studio, exhibiting and selling her wood carvings.
Resources
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Image - Beatrice Hutton
Wikimedia Commons, File:Beatrice Hutton.png. This image is in the public domain.
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References
McKay, Judith. (1998, Winter, 58). Early Queensland Women Architects. TRANSITION, 58-60.
Nugent, Maria. (2002). Women’s Employment and Professionalism in Australia: Histories, Themes and Places. Canberra, ACT: Australia Heritage Commission, p. 70.
FRANK RUDD RESIDENCE
“Designed by Beatrice Hutton, an early woman architect from Queensland.”Australian Women's History Forum. "Beatrice Hutton 1893-1990".
Australian Dictionary of Biography. "Hutton, Beatrice May (Bea) (1893–1990)".
