Joan Healey, born in Melbourne in 1934, worked various jobs, including pressing shirts in a factory, as a lingerie salesgirl, clerk telephonist and assistant librarian, until she was offered a journalism cadetship at Murdoch’s Woman’s Day magazine. She went on to work at Adelaide News Ltd and ABC Sydney radio news.
Joan then hitchhiked and camped around Australia for six months, before heading off on overseas adventures for several years, and found herself in London. Looking for work, she discovered adventure playgrounds and landed a job in a rough part of the East End working at one.
After deciding to return home to Melbourne, Joan brought back information about adventure playgrounds with her, and reluctantly agreed to try one as a short holiday program in Fitzroy.
Joan currently lives in Altona, Melbourne, with her foster grandson, Haylen.
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Events
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Inside the Dunera: Beyond Conventional Narratives
Jewish Museum of Australia
26 Alma Rd, St Kilda, VIC
Join us to celebrate the launch of Tonia Eckfeld’s No One Knows Their Destiny: The Eckfeld Records: Inside the Dunera Story, in collaboration with Monash University Publishing. In this panel discussion, Professor Eckfeld will discuss...
Free
Highway to Hell including Isabelle Reinecke
30 Fingal Street
30 Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads, NSW
On October 23, 2024, the Brunswick Picture House will host “Highway to Hell: Are We Stuck in a Climate Action Cul-de-sac?”, a pivotal event featuring a presentation by renowned climate...
$20
Author Talk: No One Knows Their Destiny – Inside the Dunera Story
The Theatre, Australian National Maritime Museum
2 Murray Street, Sydney, NSW
A moving portrait of two Dunera Boys, from Kristallnacht in Vienna to VE Day in Melbourne, that complicates the traditional story of the Dunera. Popular culture has mythologised the Dunera Boys...
Meet the author: Tonia Eckfeld at the Sydney Jewish Museum
Sydney Jewish Museum
148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst, NSW
Join us for an afternoon with Tonia Eckfeld, the acclaimed art historian and author of No One Knows Their Destiny. In this compelling work, Eckfeld delves into the deeply personal...
Jordana Silverstein and Dave Witty at the Blue Mountains Writers Festival
Katoomba
Katoomba, NSW, Australia
Catch Jordana Silverstein and Dave Witty at the Blue Mountains Writers Festival on in November. Find out more here.
Inside the Dunera: Beyond Conventional Narratives
Jewish Museum of Australia 26 Alma Rd, St Kilda, VICJoin us to celebrate the launch of Tonia Eckfeld’s No One Knows Their Destiny: The Eckfeld Records: Inside the Dunera Story, in collaboration with Monash University Publishing. In this panel discussion, Professor Eckfeld will discuss...
Highway to Hell including Isabelle Reinecke
30 Fingal Street 30 Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads, NSWOn October 23, 2024, the Brunswick Picture House will host “Highway to Hell: Are We Stuck in a Climate Action Cul-de-sac?”, a pivotal event featuring a presentation by renowned climate...
Author Talk: No One Knows Their Destiny – Inside the Dunera Story
The Theatre, Australian National Maritime Museum 2 Murray Street, Sydney, NSWA moving portrait of two Dunera Boys, from Kristallnacht in Vienna to VE Day in Melbourne, that complicates the traditional story of the Dunera. Popular culture has mythologised the Dunera Boys...
Meet the author: Tonia Eckfeld at the Sydney Jewish Museum
Sydney Jewish Museum 148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst, NSWJoin us for an afternoon with Tonia Eckfeld, the acclaimed art historian and author of No One Knows Their Destiny. In this compelling work, Eckfeld delves into the deeply personal...
Jordana Silverstein and Dave Witty at the Blue Mountains Writers Festival
Katoomba Katoomba, NSW, AustraliaCatch Jordana Silverstein and Dave Witty at the Blue Mountains Writers Festival on in November. Find out more here.
