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Name	Joyce Steele
Alternative Names	Joyce Wishart
Born	29 May, 1909 Midland, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	24 May, 1991 (aged 81) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Cooper, Jessie Mary (colleague)
Education *	Perth College (Mt Lawley, Perth) (student, 1921-1925)
Occupation *	radio announcer (1942-1942) South Australia, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1959-1973) South Australia, Australia Member of Lower House (1959-1973) South Australia, Australia
Awards	Queen Elizabeth II coronation medal (1953) (recipient, 1953) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1981)
Clubs *	Queen Adelaide Club (Adelaide) (member)
Key Organisations *	Adelaide Symphony Orchestra subscribers' committee (committee member) Phoenix Society (member) South Australian Oral Kindergarten (founder, 1946) South Australian Institute of Technology (council member, 1961)
Political Activism *	Liberal Party (politician)
Workplaces *	Australian Broadcasting Corporation (radio presenter, 1942-1942)

* Dates are approximate