- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: IMP0261
Montgomery, Joan Mitchell
(1925 – 2024)- Nationality Australian
- Born 6 July, 1925, Victoria Australia
- Died 5 February, 2024
- Occupation Headmistress
Summary
Joan Montgomery was educated at Presbyterian Ladies’ College (PLC), Melbourne and spent most of her teaching career in private schools in Victoria. She returned to her old school as principal in 1969 and remained there until her retirement in 1985. Her first teaching appointment was at Frensham School, Mittagong New South Wales from 1949-1951 and she spent time in London from 1952-1954 and 1958-1959. She taught also at Tintern Church of England Girls Grammar School, in Ringwood East, from 1955-1957, and was principal of Clyde School Woodend, from 1960-1968, before moving to PLC. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 12 June 1976 for her services to education.
Events
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2004 - 2004
Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women
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1960 - 1968
Clyde School (Woodend)
Headmistress -
1969 - 1985
Presbyterian Ladies’ College (PLC)
Principal -
1978 - 1980
Association of Independent Girls’ School of Victoria
President -
1979 - 1981
Associaiton of Independed Girls’ School (National)
President -
1971 - 1971
Australian College of Education
Elected Fellow
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Montgomery, Joan Mitchell (1925-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-760087
- Book
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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
- The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, Smart, Judith and Swain, Shurlee (eds.), 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders
- Edited Book