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Life Summary

Name	Eleanor Joan Kerr
Alternative Names	Eleanor Joan Lyndon
Born	21 February, 1938 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	22 February, 2004 (aged 66) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Education *	Somerville House (Brisbane) (student, 1952-1955) University of Queensland (student, 1956-1958) University of Sydney (student, 1968-1969) University of York (UK) (student, 1974-1977)
Occupation or Descriptor *	art historian (1970-2004) New South Wales, Australia heritage conservationist (1970-2004) New South Wales, Australia university teacher (1970-1974) New South Wales, Australia art historian (1977-1980) Australian Capital Territory, Australia university teacher (1977-1980) Australian Capital Territory, Australia academic (1981-1997) New South Wales, Australia art historian (1981-1997) New South Wales, Australia encyclopedist (1982-1992) New South Wales, Australia academic (1997-2001) Australian Capital Territory, Australia art historian (1997-2001) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001) Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2004)
Key Organisations *	Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (member, ?-2004) Society of Architectural Historians (member, ?-2004) Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (member, 1978) Australasian Victorian Studies Association (member, 1978) National Trust of Australia (ACT) (member, 1978) Royal Australian Historical Society (member, 1978) Australian Academy of the Humanities (fellow, 1993) Royal Australian Historical Society (honorary life member, 2003-2004)
Workplaces *	Power Institute of Fine Arts (University of Sydney) (tutor, 1970-1974) Australian National University (history) (tutor, 1977-1980) Power Institute of Fine Arts (University of Sydney) (academic, 1981-1993) University of New South Wales (history) (academic, 1993-1997) Australian National University (Centre for Cross-Cultural Research) (academic, 1997-2001)

* Dates are approximate