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In 1963, after her children had reached the ages of 12 (Peter) and 10 (Fiona), Ruby Payne-Scott took a position as a part-time science and senior mathematics teacher at the Danebank Church of England School for Girls in Hurstsville, only 5 km distant from her home in Oatley. Hurstville was easily accessible by train from Oatley, and Ruby’s children were, of course, at local schools. At Danebank School, she was known as Mrs. Ruby Hall. Two photographs of the school in early 2007 are shown in Fig. 13.1a, b.
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I am indebted to Carolyn Little, retired Science Coordinator, Danebank School, for details of Payne-Scott’s career at Danebank; most of the text in this chapter has been contributed by Little.
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Joyce C. Cowell, Danebank Church of England School for Girls, The First Fifty Years, 1983. The school was founded in 1933.
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Communication from Foy to Carolyn Little in 1999; communication to Dick McGee in June 2007.
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Joyce C. Cowell wrote Goss in 1997, “She was a dedicated and caring teacher for 12 years of her service.”
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In 2008, Professor Anne Green (née Barwick) was the Head of the School of Physics at the University of Sydney. She is probably the third woman radio astronomer in Australia following Payne-Scott and Professor Beverly Wills (née Harris) of the University of Texas, Austin. McGee, co-author of Under the Radar, was in the audience for this inaugural lecture. The lectures have continued through 2012. Four of the subsequent lecturers have been radio astronomers from the CSIRO: Jessica Chapman, 2000; Kate Brooks, 2005; Ilana Feain, 2009; and Lisa Harvey-Smith, 2012. Both Brooks and Feain are also recipients of the Payne-Scott Award, given by the CSIRO.
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Interview March 2007, Adelaide.
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Cowell, J.C.: The Danebank Church of England School for Girls, The First Fifty Years. Danebank School, Sydney (1983)
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Goss, W.M. (2013). 1963–1974: Employment at Danebank School. In: Making Waves. Astronomers' Universe. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35752-7_13
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