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{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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| birth_name = Lia Saarepera
| birth_date = 5 October 1920
| birth_date = 5 October 1920
| birth_place = [[Narva]], Estonia
| birth_place = [[Narva]], [[Ida-Viru County|Ida-Viru]], Estonia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2006|11|08|1920|10|05}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2006|11|08|1920|10|05}}
| death_place = [[Castle Hill, New South Wales|Castle Hill]], Australia
| death_place = [[Castle Hill, New South Wales|Castle Hill]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| nationality = Estonian, Australian
| nationality = Estonian
| citizenship = Australian
| other_names = Lia Looveer-Saarepera<ref name=TallinnU/>
| other_names = Lia Looveer-Saarepera<ref name=TallinnU/>
| occupation = Activist/Journalist
| occupation = Activist, journalist
| spouse = {{marriage|Leonid Looveer|1944|1960|reason=d}}
| children = 2
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'''Lia Looveer''', née Saarepera (5 October 1920 – 8 November 2006) was an Estonian émigré political activist in Australia.<ref name=TallinnU>{{cite web|url=http://www.tlulib.ee/isik/index.php?id=696|title=LOOVEER, LIIA|publisher=Academic Library of Tallinn University|accessdate=23 November 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720131037/http://www.tlulib.ee/isik/index.php?id=696|archivedate=20 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name='awr'>{{cite web |author=Nikki Henningham |title=Looveer, Lia |url= |work=The Australian Women's Register |publisher=[[University of Melbourne]] |date=4 September 2006 |accessdate=7 October 2009}}</ref>
'''Lia Looveer''' [[British Empire Medal|BEM]] (née '''Saarepera'''; 5 October 1920 – 8 November 2006) was an Estonian émigré political activist in Australia.<ref name=TallinnU>{{cite web|url=http://www.tlulib.ee/isik/index.php?id=696|title=LOOVEER, LIIA|publisher=Academic Library of Tallinn University|accessdate=23 November 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720131037/http://www.tlulib.ee/isik/index.php?id=696|archivedate=20 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name='awr'>{{cite web |author=Nikki Henningham |title=Looveer, Lia |url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2170b.htm |work=The Australian Women's Register |publisher=[[University of Melbourne]] |date=4 September 2006 |accessdate=7 October 2009}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Lia Saarepera was born in Narva, and the family then moved to [[Tallinn]]. As her mother was active in the [[Young Women's Christian Association]], Lia become involved with the YWCA in a very early age.<ref name="meiekodu80">{{cite news|title=Lia Looveer B.E.M. 80.a.|last=Helm|first=Inna|date=25 October 2000|work=Meie Kodu|publisher=Estonian Council of Societies|page=4|language=Estonian|location=Sydney, Australia}}</ref> Lia Saarepera graduated from the [[E. Lenderi Tütarlaste Gümnaasium]] (E. Lender Girls High School in Tallinn) in 1938 and then studied law at the [[University of Tartu]] from 1938{{spaced ndash}}1943.<ref name="meiekodu75">{{cite news|title=Lia Looveer BEM 75. aastane |last=Slamer|first=Ülle|date=8 November 1995|work=Meie Kodu|publisher=Estonian Council of Societies|page=4|language=Estonian|location=Sydney, Australia}}</ref> She became engaged to Robert Tasso on 31 December 1940, but he was arrested by the [[NKVD]] and deported to [[Siberia]] for fifteen years. She worked for the state broadcasting company at Tallinn from 1941 to 1944.<ref name=TallinnU/><ref name="Darby">{{cite web | title = Australia Loses a Great Lady | date = 8 November 2006 | publisher = Michael Darby | url = http://michaeldarby.net/DarbyReport/329Looveer.pdf | work = Darby Report |at=Lia LOOVEER (née Saarepere) BEM JP (1920–2006) | accessdate = 16 May 2011}}</ref>
Lia Saarepera was born in Narva, and the family then moved to [[Tallinn]]. As her mother was active in the [[Young Women's Christian Association]], Lia become involved with the YWCA in a very early age.<ref name="meiekodu80">{{cite news|title=Lia Looveer B.E.M. 80.a.|last=Helm|first=Inna|date=25 October 2000|work=Meie Kodu|publisher=Estonian Council of Societies|page=4|language=Estonian|location=Sydney, Australia}}</ref> Lia Saarepera graduated from the [[Elfriede Lender Private Gymnasium]] in Tallinn in 1938 and then studied law at the [[University of Tartu]] from 1938–1943.<ref name="meiekodu75">{{cite news|title=Lia Looveer BEM 75. aastane |last=Slamer|first=Ülle|date=8 November 1995|work=Meie Kodu|publisher=Estonian Council of Societies|page=4|language=Estonian|location=Sydney, Australia}}</ref> She became engaged to Robert Tasso on 31 December 1940, but he was arrested by the [[NKVD]] and deported to [[Siberia]] for fifteen years. She worked for the state broadcasting company at Tallinn from 1941 to 1944.<ref name=TallinnU/><ref name="Darby">{{cite web | title = Australia Loses a Great Lady | date = 8 November 2006 | publisher = Michael Darby | url = http://michaeldarby.net/DarbyReport/329Looveer.pdf | work = Darby Report |at=Lia LOOVEER (née Saarepere) BEM JP (1920–2006) | accessdate = 16 May 2011}}</ref>


In the autumn of 1944, Lia Looveer escaped to Danzig (Gdańsk) in Germany, where she married Leonid Looveer (Looberg) in September.<ref name=TallinnU/><ref name="meiekodu80"/> She worked as an announcer for Balti Raadio, a station based depending on the war situation in [[Danzig]], [[Toruń|Thorn]] and [[Rostock]]. In 1945, the couple moved to [[Austria]] where their daughter was born at [[Braunau am Inn]] on 3 July of that year. They arrived in Sydney on 6 June 1949. At first they were in the [[Greta Army Camp]], where Looveer became general manager (1949–52).<ref name="meiekodu75"/><ref name="Darby" />
In the autumn of 1944, Lia Looveer escaped to Danzig (Gdańsk) in Germany, where she married Leonid Looveer (Looberg) in September.<ref name=TallinnU/><ref name="meiekodu80"/> She worked as an announcer for Balti Raadio, a station based depending on the war situation in [[Danzig]], [[Toruń|Thorn]] and [[Rostock]]. In 1945, the couple moved to [[Austria]] where their daughter was born at [[Braunau am Inn]] on 3 July of that year. They arrived in Sydney on 6 June 1949. At first they were in the [[Greta Army Camp]], where Looveer became general manager (1949–52).<ref name="meiekodu75"/><ref name="Darby" />


Lia Looveer was the founder of the Joint Baltic Committee of Sydney and its secretary from 1952 to 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2173b.htm|title=The Joint Baltic Committee (1952 – )|publisher=The Australian Women's Register|accessdate=3 May 2010}}</ref> She was a member of the Board of the Estonian Society in Sydney and office manager of the Estonian weekly ''[[Meie Kodu]]'' ("Our Home") from 1956 to 1966. Lia Looveer arranged a number events that introduced Baltic culture and history to the Australian public. In 1953, she joined the [[New South Wales]] branch of the [[Liberal Party of Australia]]. At the federal level, Looveer participated in the Liberal Party's ''Advisory Committee on Ethnic Affairs'' and similar bodies, that dealt with immigrants' issues.<ref name='awr'/> Looveer was part of the inaugural executive of the Liberal Ethnic Council<ref name="hancock">Ian Hancock, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=GT6UG9TKZTMC&lpg=PA188&ots=Gfb3DLlT4R&dq=lia%20looveer%20urbanchich&pg=PA189#v=onepage&q=lia%20looveer%20urbanchich&f=false The Liberals: a history of the NSW division of the Liberal party of Australia, 1945–2000]'', Federation Press, 2007</ref> created by the State Council of the NSW Liberal Party.<ref>Hancock, [https://books.google.com/books?id=GT6UG9TKZTMC&pg=PA169&dq=%22Liberal+Ethnic+Council%22&ei=ZgoXS4r2A46GlQTJio35Cw&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=%22Liberal%20Ethnic%20Council%22&f=false p197]</ref> She was acknowledged in the [[Legislative Council of New South Wales]] by [[David Clarke (Australian politician)|David Clarke]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidclarkemlc.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=82 |title=Joint Baltic Committee of New South Wales Annual Commemoration |publisher=David Clarke MLC |date= |accessdate=11 November 2010}}</ref> She was also secretary of the [[United Council of Migrants from Communist Dominated Europe in Australia]] which included Australian state politicians [[Douglas Darby]] and [[Eileen Furley]], and Federal politician [[William Wentworth (Australian politician)|William Wentworth]].<ref name=TallinnU/><ref>[http://awap-v-test.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/biogs/AWE2172b.htm]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Lia Looveer was the founder of the Joint Baltic Committee of Sydney and its secretary from 1952 to 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2173b.htm|title=The Joint Baltic Committee (1952 – )|publisher=The Australian Women's Register|accessdate=3 May 2010}}</ref> She was a member of the Board of the Estonian Society in Sydney and office manager of the Estonian weekly ''[[Meie Kodu]]'' ("Our Home") from 1956 to 1966. Lia Looveer arranged a number events that introduced Baltic culture and history to the Australian public. In 1953, she joined the [[New South Wales]] branch of the [[Liberal Party of Australia]]. At the federal level, Looveer participated in the Liberal Party's ''Advisory Committee on Ethnic Affairs'' and similar bodies, that dealt with immigrants' issues.<ref name='awr'/> Looveer was part of the inaugural executive of the Liberal Ethnic Council<ref name="hancock">Ian Hancock, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=GT6UG9TKZTMC&dq=lia+looveer+urbanchich&pg=PA189 The Liberals: a history of the NSW division of the Liberal party of Australia, 1945–2000]'', Federation Press, 2007</ref> created by the State Council of the NSW Liberal Party.<ref>Hancock, [https://books.google.com/books?id=GT6UG9TKZTMC&dq=%22Liberal+Ethnic+Council%22&pg=PA169 p197]</ref> She was acknowledged in the [[Legislative Council of New South Wales]] by [[David Clarke (Australian politician)|David Clarke]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.davidclarkemlc.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=82 |title=Joint Baltic Committee of New South Wales Annual Commemoration |publisher=David Clarke MLC |accessdate=11 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706103502/http://www.davidclarkemlc.com.au/Pages/Article.aspx?ID=82 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She was also secretary of the [[United Council of Migrants from Communist Dominated Europe in Australia]] which included Australian state politicians [[Douglas Darby]] and [[Eileen Furley]], and Federal politician [[William Wentworth (Australian politician)|William Wentworth]].<ref name=TallinnU/><ref>[http://awap-v-test.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/biogs/AWE2172b.htm]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


Looveer worked in the fund-raising Appeals Bureau of the [[Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children]] from 1957 to 1985.<ref name=TallinnU/> Lia and Leonid Looveer had a daughter, Hille Reet (03.07.1945 – 30 July 2004) and a son, Juho Looveer.
Looveer worked in the fund-raising Appeals Bureau of the [[Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children]] from 1957 to 1985.<ref name=TallinnU/> Lia and Leonid Looveer had a daughter, Hille Reet (03.07.1945 – 30 July 2004) and a son, Juho Looveer.
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* [[British Empire Medal]] (1978), as a resident of the state of [[New South Wales]], "for service to the community and the ethnic community".<ref name=TallinnU/><ref>[http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/bemc.html Faith, Hope, Charity – Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901–1989]. The Order of the British Empire (Civil), Looveer listed</ref><ref>''[[London Gazette]]'', issue 47723 29 December 1978, [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/47723/supplements/28 p. 28]</ref>
* [[British Empire Medal]] (1978), as a resident of the state of [[New South Wales]], "for service to the community and the ethnic community".<ref name=TallinnU/><ref>[http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/bemc.html Faith, Hope, Charity – Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901–1989]. The Order of the British Empire (Civil), Looveer listed</ref><ref>''[[London Gazette]]'', issue 47723 29 December 1978, [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/47723/supplements/28 p. 28]</ref>
* Estonian Republic [[Order of the White Star]], V class, "Freedom Fighter and Public Figure in Australia"<ref name=TallinnU/><ref name="vpk">{{cite web|url=http://vp1992-2001.vpk.ee/eng/ateated/AmetlikTeade.asp?ID=8379|title=The resolution of the President of the Republic of Estonia on awarding Decorations of the State|date=10 February 1998|work=Office of the President of the Republic – Press Releases|publisher=Office of the President of the Republic|accessdate=3 May 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20040714083656/http://vp1992-2001.vpk.ee/eng/ateated/AmetlikTeade.asp?ID=8379|archivedate=14 July 2004|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* Estonian Republic [[Order of the White Star]], V class, "Freedom Fighter and Public Figure in Australia"<ref name=TallinnU/><ref name="vpk">{{cite web|url=http://vp1992-2001.vpk.ee/eng/ateated/AmetlikTeade.asp?ID=8379|title=The resolution of the President of the Republic of Estonia on awarding Decorations of the State|date=10 February 1998|work=Office of the President of the Republic – Press Releases|publisher=Office of the President of the Republic|accessdate=3 May 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20040714083656/http://vp1992-2001.vpk.ee/eng/ateated/AmetlikTeade.asp?ID=8379|archivedate=14 July 2004|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* Heritage Award (Liberal Party of Australia, N.S.W. Division, 2002)<ref name=TallinnU/>
* Heritage Award (Liberal Party of Australia, N.S.W. Division, 2002)<ref name=TallinnU/>
* Cross of Merit of the Estonian Ministry of Defence, 29 June 1998<ref name=TallinnU/>
* Cross of Merit of the Estonian Ministry of Defence, 29 June 1998<ref name=TallinnU/>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://michaeldarby.net/DarbyReport/329Looveer.pdf Passing of Lia Looveer BEM JP – Michael Darby's]
*[http://michaeldarby.net/DarbyReport/329Looveer.pdf Passing of Lia Looveer BEM JP – Michael Darby's]
*[http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2173b.htm The Australian Women's Registry. The Joint Baltic Committee]
*[http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2173b.htm The Australian Women's Registry. The Joint Baltic Committee]

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Lia Looveer
Born
Lia Saarepera

5 October 1920
Narva, Ida-Viru, Estonia
Died8 November 2006(2006-11-08) (aged 86)
Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityEstonian
Other namesLia Looveer-Saarepera[1]
CitizenshipAustralian
Occupation(s)Activist, journalist
Spouse
Leonid Looveer
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​
(m. 1944; died 1960)​
Children2

Lia Looveer BEM (née Saarepera; 5 October 1920 – 8 November 2006) was an Estonian émigré political activist in Australia.[1][2]

Biography

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Lia Saarepera was born in Narva, and the family then moved to Tallinn. As her mother was active in the Young Women's Christian Association, Lia become involved with the YWCA in a very early age.[3] Lia Saarepera graduated from the Elfriede Lender Private Gymnasium in Tallinn in 1938 and then studied law at the University of Tartu from 1938–1943.[4] She became engaged to Robert Tasso on 31 December 1940, but he was arrested by the NKVD and deported to Siberia for fifteen years. She worked for the state broadcasting company at Tallinn from 1941 to 1944.[1][5]

In the autumn of 1944, Lia Looveer escaped to Danzig (Gdańsk) in Germany, where she married Leonid Looveer (Looberg) in September.[1][3] She worked as an announcer for Balti Raadio, a station based depending on the war situation in Danzig, Thorn and Rostock. In 1945, the couple moved to Austria where their daughter was born at Braunau am Inn on 3 July of that year. They arrived in Sydney on 6 June 1949. At first they were in the Greta Army Camp, where Looveer became general manager (1949–52).[4][5]

Lia Looveer was the founder of the Joint Baltic Committee of Sydney and its secretary from 1952 to 2002.[6] She was a member of the Board of the Estonian Society in Sydney and office manager of the Estonian weekly Meie Kodu ("Our Home") from 1956 to 1966. Lia Looveer arranged a number events that introduced Baltic culture and history to the Australian public. In 1953, she joined the New South Wales branch of the Liberal Party of Australia. At the federal level, Looveer participated in the Liberal Party's Advisory Committee on Ethnic Affairs and similar bodies, that dealt with immigrants' issues.[2] Looveer was part of the inaugural executive of the Liberal Ethnic Council[7] created by the State Council of the NSW Liberal Party.[8] She was acknowledged in the Legislative Council of New South Wales by David Clarke.[9] She was also secretary of the United Council of Migrants from Communist Dominated Europe in Australia which included Australian state politicians Douglas Darby and Eileen Furley, and Federal politician William Wentworth.[1][10]

Looveer worked in the fund-raising Appeals Bureau of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children from 1957 to 1985.[1] Lia and Leonid Looveer had a daughter, Hille Reet (03.07.1945 – 30 July 2004) and a son, Juho Looveer.

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "LOOVEER, LIIA". Academic Library of Tallinn University. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  2. ^ a b Nikki Henningham (4 September 2006). "Looveer, Lia". The Australian Women's Register. University of Melbourne. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  3. ^ a b Helm, Inna (25 October 2000). "Lia Looveer B.E.M. 80.a.". Meie Kodu (in Estonian). Sydney, Australia: Estonian Council of Societies. p. 4.
  4. ^ a b Slamer, Ülle (8 November 1995). "Lia Looveer BEM 75. aastane". Meie Kodu (in Estonian). Sydney, Australia: Estonian Council of Societies. p. 4.
  5. ^ a b "Australia Loses a Great Lady" (PDF). Darby Report. Michael Darby. 8 November 2006. Lia LOOVEER (née Saarepere) BEM JP (1920–2006). Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  6. ^ "The Joint Baltic Committee (1952 – )". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  7. ^ Ian Hancock, The Liberals: a history of the NSW division of the Liberal party of Australia, 1945–2000, Federation Press, 2007
  8. ^ Hancock, p197
  9. ^ "Joint Baltic Committee of New South Wales Annual Commemoration". David Clarke MLC. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  10. ^ [1][permanent dead link]
  11. ^ Faith, Hope, Charity – Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901–1989. The Order of the British Empire (Civil), Looveer listed
  12. ^ London Gazette, issue 47723 29 December 1978, p. 28
  13. ^ "The resolution of the President of the Republic of Estonia on awarding Decorations of the State". Office of the President of the Republic – Press Releases. Office of the President of the Republic. 10 February 1998. Archived from the original on 14 July 2004. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
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