Lia Looveer papers including further records of the Captive Nations Council of New South Wales

MLMSS 11741

fonds

1961-1992

Textual Records, Clippings, Graphic Materials, Photographs

9583800

0.17 metres of textual and graphic material (1 box)

Lia Looveer (1920-2006) was Secretary General of the United Council of Migrants from Communist Dominated Europe in Australia and was Secretary of the Captive Nations Council of New South Wales from 1968. Born in Estonia in 1920, she came to Australia with her husband and daughter in 1949. She settled in Sydney in 1952 and became a member of the Joint Baltic Committee. Looveer joined the Liberal Party of Australia, N.S.W. Division, in 1955, and was a member of its Migrant Advisory Committee and of the federal Party's Advisory Committee on Ethnic Affairs, 1976-1981, as well as a member of the State Council over the same period. She is a foundation member of the Ethnic Communities' Council of N.S.W. Looveer was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1978 and received a Heritage Award from the Liberal Party of Australia, N.S.W. Division, in 2002.

This collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs and documents relating to Lia Looveer and her work with the Captive Nations Council.

Captive Nations Council of NSW material 1977,1984,1987-1992
Human relationships 1974-1978
Translating and interpreting 1978,1980-1989
Correspondence 1961,1967-1968,1972,1980,1982-1983,1985,1987,1989-1991

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