Elizabeth Farrelly
New Zealand-Australian architecture critic and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elizabeth Margaret Farrelly (born Dunedin, New Zealand), is a Sydney-based author, architecture critic, essayist, columnist and speaker who was born in New Zealand but later became an Australian citizen. She has contributed to current debates about aesthetics and ethics; design, public art and architecture; urban and natural environments; society and politics, including criticism of the treatment of Julian Assange.[2][3][4][5] Profiles of her have appeared in the New Zealand Architect, Urbis, The Australian Financial Review, the Australian Architectural Review, and Australian Geographic.
Dr Elizabeth Farrelly | |
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Councillor of the City of Sydney | |
In office 1991–1995 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Dunedin, New Zealand |
Political party | Elizabeth Farrelly Independents (2022–present) |
Other political affiliations | Independent (1991–2021, 2022) Labor (2021) |
Residence | Homebush, New South Wales[1] |
Alma mater | University of Sydney (PhD) |
Occupation | Writer and academic |
Farrelly's range of interests and contributions are wide enough to have caused her to be described by broadcaster Geraldine Doogue as a "Renaissance woman".[6] She was elected to the 2021 board of the National Trust of Australia (NSW).[7]
Her portrait by Mirra Whale was a finalist in the 2015 Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[8]