Amelia Lucy Wayn MBE (1862 – 11 August, 1951) was an Australian historical researcher and the primary employee under The Tasmanian Public Records Act 1943 which established the first official archives in Tasmania and was the foundation of the Archives Office of Tasmania.

[2] After a time in England, in which she gained a certificate for massage, Wayn moved and settled in Hobart.

[1] In 1900 she and Matron Moore-Robinson, nee Augusta Isabel McDowall, opened Fairfield Private Hospital which they ran together until 1915.

[3] When she was almost 60, Wayn was employed, in 1921, as a "Lady Indexer" as part of the state's contribution to The Historical Records of Australia.

She had been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1941 and she continued her work until 1949 when an archivist was employed.