Joice NanKivell Loch
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Joice Mary NanKivell Loch (24 January 1887 Ingham, Queensland – 8 October 1982)[1] is Australia's most decorated woman and has been described as "Australia's answer to the Scarlet Pimpernel, or Mother Teresa with a dash of Indiana Jones."[2]
Joice NamKivell was born in Queensland, her father was a sugar cane farmer and her grandfather Thomas NanKivell was one of Australia's richest men. Their family fortune was lost when labour by Kanakas was abolished.
She and her husband, Gallopli veteran Frederick Sydney Loch, moved to Greece in the 1920s. In Greece they revived the rug industry and consequently the economy of the Greek village of Ouranoupolis.[2][3] During the second world war she saved many Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution.
NanKivell Loch is the author of nine books, written under the names Joice Nankivell Loch and Joice M. Nankivell [1].
A biography of NamKivell Loch Blue Ribbons Bitter Bread: the Life of Joice NanKivell Loch was written by Susanna de Vries, the third edition was published in 2005.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Agent Details: Loch, Joice Nankivell. author information available for public browsing. www.AustLit.edu.au. Retrieved on July 10, 2006.
- ^ a b Kontominas, B. The great heroine Australia forgot, Sydney Morning Herald, July 8, 2006
- ^ Maxine McKew, Susanna de Vries. "Transcript: Australian women of the century remembered in federation book", 7:30 report, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2000-12-28. Retrieved on August 8, 2006.
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