Read, Robyn

Field of activity
Politician, Public Servant, Writer, Journalist and Parliamentarian
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Biographies

Robyn Read was an independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in the seat of North Shore from 1988 until 1991. She failed to gain re-election in the 1991 by-election. Prior to her parliamentary career, Robyn was a successful local councillor and was Alderman for the North Sydney Municipal Council from 1970-77 and 1987-91 and was also Deputy Mayor from 1974-75.

Parliamentary and Local Government Career

Local Government

State Government

A lifelong resident of Sydney's lower north shore, Read completed her BA and MA in Town and Country Planning at the University of Sydney.

From 1971 to 1977 and 1987 to 1991 she was Alderman of North Sydney Council, including periods as Deputy Mayor and Acting Mayor. During this time the Council introduced innovative programs such as public participation in precincts and the first New South Wales neighbourhood centre at Kirribilli. North Sydney became an acknowledged leader in the local government industry because of programs such as these.

The mother of three children - James Hamilton, Sophie Read-Hamilton and Cassandra Read-Hamilton - Read has also held positions with the Byron Shire Council, the New South Wales Water Resources Commission, the New South Wales Department of Environment and Planning and the Universities of Sydney and Macquarie.

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Resources for Robyn Read

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Burnside needs study, research & data document : Part 2.
    Read, Robyn
    [[1977?]]
    Published: [Burnside City Council]
  2. Burnside : Just twenty six suburbs
    Read, Robyn
    [1977]
    Published: Burnside (S. Aust.). Corporation
  3. The more things change
    Read, Robyn
    [1995]
    Published: Random House Australia
  4. Writer Read Takes a Leaf Out of Her Own BookThe Weekend Australian 12 : Writer Read Takes a Leaf Out of Her Own Book
    McNicoll, D D
    [1995]
  5. Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2006]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html
  6. Report on prisons following visits to Bathurst, Goulburn and Parklea gaols
    Read, Robyn... [et al.]
    [1990]
  7. State Library of New South Wales: Robyn Read - papers
    MLMSS
  8. Stanton Library, North Sydney Municipal Council: Oral history interview with Robyn Read
    LH REF OH /226

Resources by Robyn Read (20)

  1. Robyn Read papers
    Read, Robyn
    [ Unpublished : 1990-1994 ]
    At ACT Public Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 23.867)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 23.867)

  2. The more things change / Robyn Read
    Read, Robyn
    [ Book, Audio book : 1995-1997 ]
    At 30 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16)

  3. A description of the blazing world : a novel / by Michael Murphy ; [edited by Robyn Read]
    Murphy, Michael, 1982-
    [ Book : 2011 ]
    At 11 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.238)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 7.238)

  4. Report on prisons following visits to Bathurst, Goulburn and Parklea gaols / Robyn Read ... [et al.]
    Read, Robyn
    [ Book : 1990 ]
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.596)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.596)

  5. Burnside : Just twenty six suburbs / Robyn Read
    Read, Robyn
    [ Book : 1977 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.461)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.461)

  6. Susan Coyne manages her time with Kingfisher Days: A memory play.(Theater Review)
    Read, Robyn
    Canadian Theatre Review
    [ Article : 2005 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.352)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.352)

  7. Leeches and liaisons in Michael Healey's Rune Arlidge.(Theater Review)
    Read, Robyn
    Canadian Theatre Review
    [ Article : 2005 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.352)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.352)

  8. How to Connect in the Computer Age: Linda Griffiths' Chronic.(Theater Review)
    Read, Robyn
    Canadian Theatre Review
    [ Article : 2005 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.352)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.352)

  9. Keeping an independent view. -The role of an Independent in discussing conservation issues in Parliament. Edited version of a speech presented at the National Parks Association seminar Politics and Nature Conservation held in Sydney, 9 March 1991-
    Read, Robyn
    National Parks Journal
    [ Article : 1991 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.352)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.352)

  10. Imagination as resistance to poverty: David S. Craig's Danny, King of the Basement.(Theater Review)
    Read, Robyn
    Canadian Theatre Review
    [ Article : 2005 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.35)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.35)

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Resources about Robyn Read (3)

  1. Robyn Read papers
    Read, Robyn
    [ Unpublished : 1990-1994 ]
    At ACT Public Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 23.672)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 23.672)

  2. [Biographical cuttings on Robyn Read, author, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.973)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.973)

  3. All together now.(Three plays broadcast on BBC Radio 4: At Freddie's On the Waterfront Saint Graham and Saint Evelyn, Pray For Us)(Radio Program Review)
    Bailey, Paul
    TLS. Times Literary Supplement
    [ Article : 2003 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 1.272)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 1.272)

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  1. Sydney - a social atlas : 2001 census of population and housing
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  2. Kamilaroi language - words/phrases/terms / compiled by : Robyn Howell, 1987
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    [ Unpublished : 1987 ]
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  3. Towards a description of the word in Aranda
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    [ Unpublished : 1984 ]
    At AIATSIS Library
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    [ Book, Audio book : 2007-2008 ]
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    [ Book, Audio book : 2008-2009 ]
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    [ Book, Audio book : 2005 ]
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  4. Tracks / Robyn Davidson
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    [ Book, Audio book : 1980-2007 ]
    Languages: English, Chinese, German, [7 others]
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    At 113 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.405)

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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.405)

  1. Five propositions regarding effects-based operations
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    Air & Space Power Journal
    [ Article : 2006 ]
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  2. Current Operations: Changing Equipment to Meet a Changing Threat
    Read, Robyn S.; Searle, Thomas R.
    [ Article : 2004 ]
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  3. The social costs of inadequate literacy : a report for International Literacy Year / Robyn Hartley
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    [ Book, Article : 1989 ]
    Possibly online
    At 77 libraries
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  4. Writing Children's books with Robyn Opie
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 0.829)

  1. Website: Australian Women in War
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 0.688)

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  3. Website: Putting skirts on the sacred benches : women candidates for the New South Wales Parliament
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  1. STEWARDS' REPORT
    The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Thursday 22 July 1948 p 14 Article
    ... STEWARDS' REPORT The W.A.T.C. stewards' report at Northam Yesterday read as follows: Mannalea Mdn.: Robyn Rex (G. Kluge) dived through the barrier three times, Was finally left and took no part in the race. H. G. Jamieson; trainer of Robyn Rex. was warned that a repetition of the gelding's ... 85 words
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    The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Thursday 22 July 1948 p 13 Article
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    ... Robyn. Could you but read, my love, this heart of mine You'd find a wondrous story written there; It- is the tale my lips would frame to thee If I but dare, if I but dare. The tale of one unto whose ... search was o'er. -Alfred Robyn. ... 105 words
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