- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0118
Price, Joyce Ethel
(1915 – 2009)- Born 8 November, 1915, Angaston South Australia Australia
- Died 19 August, 2009, Shoreham Victoria Australia
- Occupation Community worker
Summary
Lady Joyce Ethel Price’s outstanding contribution to the Girl Guides both in Australia and worldwide was first recognised at a commonwealth level in 1968 when she was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). In 1977 she also received the Girl Guide Fish Award; and in 1978 her efforts were further recognised when she was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George – Commanders (CMG).
Details
Joyce Ethel Price was born in South Australia on 8 August 1915. She attended Goolwa Primary School, Adelaide High School, and completed an MSc at the University of Adelaide in 1938. She married James Robert (Sir Robert) Price in 1940 (died 1999) and had three children: two daughters and one son.
Lady Joyce was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968 and, a decade later, in 1978, was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George – Commanders (CMG) for her service to Girl Guides. In 1977 she also received the Girl Guide Silver Fish Award. Her longstanding commitment to the Girl Guides can be seen in a chronological listing of some of her work and committee appointments between 1938 and 1970.
Events
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1942 - 1944
Labour Officer, Ministry of Supply Explosives Factory, Scotland
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1957 - 1960
Secretary, Australian Reading Union
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1957 - 1962
Treasurer, Pan-Pacific Southeast Asian Women’s Association, Victoria
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1960 - 1962
Executive Council Member UNAA, Victoria
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1960 - 1970
Secretary, Australia Reading Union
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1963 - 1968
State Commissioner, Girl Guides Association, Victoria
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1968 - 1973
Chief Commissioner, Girl Guides Association of Australia
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1972 - 1972
Chairperson of World Conferences, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, Canada
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1974 - 1979
Vice President, Girl Guides Association of Australia
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1975 - 1978
Chairperson, World Committee of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
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1977 - 1977
Addressed the memorial service for the late Lady Baden-Powell, Westminster Abbey, England
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2006 - 2006
Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women
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1978 - 1978
Chairperson of World Conferences, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, Iran
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1938 - 1940
Employee, Plant Physiology Department, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, South Australia
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Resource
- Where are the Women in Australian science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
- Trove
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Site Exhibition
- Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2003, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html