Thea Exley

**Thea Melvie Exley** (2 ga Satumba 1923 - 29 ga Janairu 2007)  ta kasance mai adana bayanai ta Australiya kuma Masaniyar tarihin fasaha, kuma mace ta farko da ta jagoranci ofishin yanki na Ofishin Tarihin Commonwealth na Australiya (yanzu National Archives of Australia). Har ila yau, ita ce ta farko ta Babban Mai adana Tarihi da Samun dama da kuma Darakta na farko na Tsaro a Tarihin Australiya (wani magajin Tarihin Kasa). Exley ya kasance memba na farko na Australian Society of Archivists kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara daga 1977 zuwa 1979.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Exley a Melbourne a ranar 2 ga Satumba 1923, ɗa kaɗai na Adelaide (née Walker) da Harold James Exley, wanda ya zama Mataimakin Masanin Ƙididdigar Commonwealth, Tasmania. Ta yi karatu a makarantar Grammar ta 'yan mata ta Canberra (a lokacin makarantar St Gabriel) da kuma makarantar abokai, Hobart . Ta kammala karatu tare da digiri na farko na Arts daga Jami'ar Tasmania . 

## Ayyuka
A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, Exley ya gudanar da horo a ɗakin karatu na Commonwealth National Library kuma, bayan ya dawo Hobart, ya yi aiki a ɗakin karatu ya jama'a a can. Bayan yakin, ta yi tafiya zuwa kasashen waje kuma ta yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a ɗakin karatu na Australia House, London.

A lokacin da ta dawo Ostiraliya, mai kula da ɗakin karatu na Commonwealth Harold White ya gayyaci Exley don shiga cikin ma'aikatan Sashen Tarihi na National Library. Wannan ya kai ta ga shiga ofishin Ma'aikatar Tarihi ta Melbourne a matsayin Jami'in Tarihi na Grade I a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu 1953. A shekara ta 1961, ta zama mace ta farko da ta jagoranci ofishin jihar na Ofishin Tarihin Commonwealth (wanda ya gaji Sashen Tarihi). 

A lokacin da take Melbourne, Exley ta kasance a cikin kwamitin Sashen Tarihi na Ƙungiyar Laburaren Ostiraliya (LAA), a wannan lokacin ita ce kawai ƙungiyar Australiya da ta kawo masu adana bayanai tare. Tana da sha'awar kafa horo mai kyau ga masu adana bayanai kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin mai jarrabawa ga takardar LAA a cikin gudanar da rikodin daga 1963 zuwa 1966.

A shekara ta 1970, ta koma Canberra a matsayin Babban Mai adana bayanai na farko, Bayani da Samun dama. Shawarwarin majalisar ministoci a karkashin Gwamnatin Gorton (1970) da Gwamnatin McMahon (1972) sun kirkiro sabon tsarin samun dama mai rikitarwa don rikodin Commonwealth. An fara nazarin kayan da aka kirkira kafin 1945 a wannan lokacin. An yi amfani da masu jarrabawar shiga ashirin kuma Exley ne ke da alhakin jagorantar tattaunawarsu da kuma tabbatar da cewa an tattara yanke shawara a cikin babban tsarin manufofi, misali da hanya, wanda ya zama tushe na littafin kula da kayan tarihi na Australiya.  Exley ta dauki aikinta na yin kokari don tsarin lissafi da adalci a matsayin mafi mahimmancin gudummawar sana'a.

Exley ta shiga cikin ci gaban Australian Society of Archivists kuma ta zama memba na farko a 1975. Daga 1977 zuwa 1979, ta kasance memba na Majalisar  kuma ta jagoranci Kwamitin Batutuwan Jama'a na farko na Society, wanda ya gabatar da wasu tambayoyin Commonwealth da Jiha game da haƙƙin mallaka, sirri da 'yancin bayanai.

Daga 1977 zuwa 1981, Exley ya kasance Babban Mai adana bayanai tare da babban alhakin aikin aiki na ofishin. A cikin 1982 da 1983, ta kasance Daraktan Yankin, ACT, lokacin da manufar farko da aka gina ajiya a yankin Canberra na Mitchell ta fara aiki.

A shekara ta 1984, Exley ya zama Darakta na farko na Kula da Tarihin Australiya. Jagorarta wajen ba da umarnin binciken farko game da yanayin dukan tarin, da kuma ci gaban manufofi da tsarin tsari don sarrafa yanayin jiki na bayanan, yana da mahimmanci wajen samar da mayar da hankali ga wannan muhimmin yanki na aikin ajiya.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Exley ta yi ritaya a ranar 1 ga Satumba 1988 kuma ta sami lambar yabo ta Australia Day saboda aikinta a shekarar 1989.  An sanya wa ɗakin taro a ginin National Archives Mitchell suna don girmama ta a shekara ta 2003.  Bayan ta yi ritaya, Exley ta yi karatun Tarihin Fasaha kuma, a cikin 2000, an ba ta digiri na Doctor of Philosophy daga Jami'ar Kasa ta Australiya don rubutun ta mai taken "Patronage by proxy: art competitions in Australia during the ashirin century". 

Ta mutu a ranar 29 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2007 bayan kusan shekaru biyu na rashin lafiya. Ta bar gado ga National Gallery of Australia, wanda ya ba da kuɗin matsayin mai adana bayanai, da kuma wani ga Bush Heritage Australia. Ana adana takardunta a National Library of Australia .

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