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| Oroya DayMBE | |
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| Born | 14 March 1931 |
| Died | 26 August 2014 Wellington |
| Awards | Member of the Order of the British Empire |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Victoria University of Wellington |
Oroya Day MBE (nee McAuley, 14 March 1931 – 26 August 2014) was a New Zealand art historian and academic, and was a lecturer at the Victoria University of Wellington. In 1989 Day was appointed as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to the preservation of local history.
Early life and education
Day was born in Christchurch on 14 March 1931. She attended St Mary's College in Wellington, and then earned a Diploma in Art History at the University of London in 1968.
She married artist and art historian Melvin Day in 1952.
Academic career
Day lectured at the Walthamstow School of Art in London, and and then taught art history at Victoria University of Wellington. She was the Chairperson of the Wellington Regional Committee of the Historic Places Trust from 1976 to 1978, and both a board member and a life member of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.
Day was a founding member and trustee of the Wellington Civic Trust in 1981, and founder and president of the Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society, established in 1986.
Honours and awards
In the 1989 New Year Honours, Day was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to the preservation of local history.
References
- ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah, eds. (1 January 1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-908578-34-4.
- "Page 34 | Supplement 51580, 30 December 1988 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
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