Margaret Hendry (11 May 1930 – 20 March 2001)[1] was a landscape architect, one of the first women to work in this field in Australia.[2] She worked for the National Capital Development Commission in Canberra from 1963 to 1974[3] and later lectured at the Canberra College of Advanced Education (now the University of Canberra).[4]
She graduated from Burnley Horticultural College in 1948-very unusual for a woman at that time-and completed a diploma in landscape design at the Kings College, Durham University in the late 1950s.[5]
From 1963 to 1974 Margaret was employed by the National Capital Development Commission to work on the landscape development of Canberra as a garden city.[6]
Margaret presented a paper at the Australian Garden Historical Society conference in the mid-1990s on the landscape development for the parliamentary area.[7]
In 1992, Hendry was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her service to women's affairs.[8]
An annual lecture on landscape architecture is hosted by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.[9]
Margaret Hendry School, a primary school in the suburb on Taylor, opened in 2019 and is named in her honour.[10][11]
1997 appointed to the Australian Capital Territory Heritage Council.