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Enid Joske

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Died
  
1973

Enid Joske (1890–1973) was Principal of Janet Clarke Hall from 1928 until 1952. She won the Florence Stanbridge scholarship, and due to that was a resident student in the women's hostel attached to Trinity College, University of Melbourne, from which she earned her bachelor's degree in 1912 and Diploma of Education in 1913. She worked as a teacher at her old school and then at Lauriston Girls' School, where she helpe found the Children's Free Lending Library at Prahran. She later served on Lauriston's foundation council from 1948-1952, after the school was incorporated. In 1927 she was invited to apply to be the principal of her old college, which had been renamed Janet Clarke Hall. She improved the facilities and grew the enrollment at the college.

In 1956 the Enid Joske Wing of the college was named for her.

She had serious deafness and used a hearing aid.

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Enid Joske Wikipedia