Born: 8 November 1915, Australia
Died: 19 August 2009
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: Joyce Ethel Brooke
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Joyce Price was a trained botanist who was most well known for her contributions to the Girl Guides Association Australia and the Worldwide Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
Chronology
1942 – 1944
Career position – Laboratory Officer at the Ministry of Supply Explosives Factory, Scotland
1956 – 1960
Career position – District Commissioner for Caulfield for the Girl Guides Association of Australia
1957 – 1960
Career position – Secretary, Australian Reading Union
1960 – 1970
Career position – Vice-President of the Australian Reading Union
1961 – 1963
Career position – Divisional Commissioner for the South Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne for the Girl Guides Association of Australia
1963 – 1968
Career position – State Commissioner for Victoria of the Girl Guides Association of Australia
1967
Award – Silver Fish Award, Girl Guides Association of Australia
1968
Award – Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1968 – 1973
Career position – Chief Commissioner of the Girl Guides Association of Australia
1972 – 1981
Career position – Member of the World Committee of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
1975 – 1981
Career position – Chairman, World Committee of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
1978
Award – Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
1983 –
Career position – Life member of the State Council of the Girl Guides Association of Victoria
1984 –
Career position – Vice-President of the Girl Guides Association of Australia
1985 – 1993
Career position – Vice-President of the Olave Baden-Powell Society