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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2003-03-06 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-03-10 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004363b.htm person Stack Ellen Mary CBE AACR2 Pastoralist Physician Ella Stack was the Northern Territory's first woman mayor, when she was appointed Mayor of Darwin in 1975. In 1979 she became Darwin City Council's first Lord Mayor. 1956 1956 Career position - Medical Officer at the Eastern Suburbs Hospital, Sydney 1957 1957 Career position - General practice at Merrylands, New South Wales 1961 1961 Career position - General practice at Darwin, Northern Territory 1972 1975 Career position - Chairman, Building and Research Committee 1974 1989 Career position - Member of the St John Ambulance Council 1974 1989 Career position - Member of the Medical Registration Board of the Northern Territory 1975 1979 Career position - Mayor of Darwin 1979 1979 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 1979 1980 Career position - Lord Mayor of Darwin 1979 1989 Career position - Member of the National Australia Day Committee 1984 1989 Career position - Chairman, Northern Territory Australia Day Council 1984 1989 Career position - Board member of the Menzies School of Health Research 1985 1989 Career position - Member of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

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 'Stack, Ellen Mary (Ella)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Stack, Ellen Mary (Ella) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 2001 Herd, Margaret Who's who in Australia 2001 38 Melbourne Crown Content 2001 Interview with Ella Stack, physician and Mayor of Darwin (sound recording), interviewer: Phyllipa Stack National Library of Australia Oral History Collection Interview with Ella Stack, physician and Mayor of Darwin (sound recording), interviewer: Phyllipa Stack TRC 459 26 August 1976 1 sound tape reel (c. 180 minutes). Stack speaks of her childhood and family background, her early days in medicine, her husband Tom Lawler and his work as an agricultural Scientist in the Namoi Valley, their reasons for moving to Darwin and her subsequent return to medicine, the condition of Darwin Hospital, her general practice, her developing interest in obstetrics and gynaecology, some of her experiences as a doctor on M.V. Duntroon in 1956, her husband's involvement in development at Humpty Doo, their children, her reasons for becoming an Alderman, the impact on her life from Cyclone Tracy, the Cyclone Tracy Trust Fund, her election as Mayor of Darwin, International Women's Year, Cyclone Tracy and the Darwin Reconstruction Commission.