registered as an architect with the Royal Australian Institute of Architects in 1930. During this period, she worked as a postmistress at Raglan via Rockhampton till 1936. In partnership with her father, as A & E Mottram, she worked in Rockhampton in 1937 and later in Longreach 1938-1941. During this period, she played the role of foreman of works for her father in support for the first stage of construction of the Longreach Hospital (completed 1940). She was later employed as a draftswoman with the American Army Engineering Office in North Rockhampton in World War II. After the war, Mottram became the first woman architect to work with the Queensland Railways and designed the Eagle Junction railway station. Other residential commissions by Mottram include a two-storeyed block of flats in Scott Street at Kangaroo Point c1925, a Tudor revival residence for Zina Cumbrae-Stewart overlooking the river, and a residence for Mrs Thurlby on the corner of Winchester and Hants Roads Ascot (now demolished). Notable projects Two of Mottram's works are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register: Scott Street Flats, Kangaroo Point Monkton (1925), Corinda, Queensland Of all the buildings designed by Mottram before World War II, only two survive in Brisbane - the Scott Street Flats and Monkton. Monkton was built in 1925 on Ardoyne Road to the west of Oxley Road at Corinda for William and Margaret Dunlop, who were then only recently married. It was named to commemorate Monkton Farm, William Dunlop's parents' farm which was to the east of Oxley Road. Monkton has a distinct association to Elina Mottram’s work the survival of the 1925 specifications of works and materials that she used with design. The detailing of the interior joinery such as walls that are lined with v-jointed boards and ceilings of fibre-cement with cover strips are characteristic of Mottram’s domestic work. See also List of Australian architects Women in architecture References External links Portrait of Elina Mottram Elina Mottram on Australian Woman Register Australia's pioneering women architects Woman with plans 1903 births 1996 deaths Australian women architects Architects from Brisbane British emigrants to Australia 20th-century Australian women artists 20th-century Australian artists 20th-century Australian architects