Rosina Edmunds

Rosina Mary Edmunds, also known as Rosette Edmunds (31 May 1900 – 23 April 1956), was an Australian architect, town planner and writer. Edmunds practiced in Sydney and Canberra, designing master plans and churches, and also published written works as a historian and government advocate.

Rosina Edmunds in 1950

Biography

Edmunds was born in Sydney and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Sydney before graduating with an architecture degree in 1924, one of the university's first women to do so.^[1] From 1929 until 1941, Edmunds worked in the Sydney office of architecture firm Clement Gancey,^[2] which had also employed other notable women architects such as Heather Sutherland, and Winsome Hall Andrew. Edmunds contributed to major master plans for Sydney.^[3]

In 1955 Edmunds began her term as President of the RAIA's Canberra Branch. She was the first woman told hold such a position in Australia.^[4]

Works

• Edmunds, R. M 1938, Architecture: An Introductory Survey, Dymocks, Sydney^[5]