In 2019 ATW weaver Pamela Joyce wove a portrait of one of Melbourne's foremost trail-blazing women of law, The Hon Margaret Lusink AM.
This family-focused commission is an interpretation of a photographic portrait that carries great personal significance. Joyce used a minimal palette, blending both warm and cool greys for Lusink’s portrait.
Admitted to the Bar in 1965, Lusink is an eminent figure in Australian law. In 1976 she was the first Victorian woman to be appointed to a superior court of record when she was made a judge of the Family Court. On retirement from the Family Court in 1990, Lusink became one of the foundation Professors in the Law Faculty at Bond University. In 1996, she accepted another judicial appointment, becoming the President of the Commonwealth Professional Services Review Tribunal. In the same year, she was appointed AM for law for services to the Family Court and the community.
'The Honourable Margaret Lusink AM' is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra.