Janet Clarke Hall



Janet Clarke Hall (JCH) is a residential college of the University of Melbourne in Australia. The college is associated with the Anglican Province of Victoria. JCH is one of the smallest of the colleges of the university and was the first university college in Australia to admit women.

History
Established in 1886 as a residential hostel for women students of Trinity College, JCH was originally called the 'Trinity College Hostel'. It was re-named after a significant benefactor, Janet Clarke, wife of Sir William Clarke in 1921. Enid Joske was principal of JCH from 1928 until 1952 despite the uncooperation of the warden of Trinity, Dr Eva Eden was principal from 1964 until 1983. JCH became an independent college in 1961 and co-educational in 1973.

Principals of Janet Clarke Hall
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 * The Rev’d Thomas Jollie Smith (1886–87)
 * Miss Lucy Waltham (1888)
 * Miss Emily Eddes (1889)
 * Miss Emily Hensley (1890)
 * Mr J.T. Collins (1892-1900)
 * Miss Lucy Bateman (1901–05)
 * Miss Lucy Archer (1906–18)
 * Miss Margery Herring (1919–27)
 * Miss Enid Joske (1928–51)
 * Miss Mary Bagnall (1952–57)
 * Miss Margaret Dewey (1959–62)
 * Dr Eva Eden (1964–83)
 * Mrs Phyllis Fry (1984–95)
 * Dr Gail Tulloch (1996-2000)
 * Dr Damian Powell (2001-2021)

College visitor
The current college visitor is Peter C. Doherty, winner of a Nobel Prize and Australian of the Year in 1997.

Notable alumni

 * Elizabeth Blackburn, Morris Herzstein Professor of Biology and Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco, winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2009
 * Marita Cheng, Young Australian of the Year
 * Adrienne Clarke, former Lieutenant Governor of Victoria and Chancellor of La Trobe University
 * Helen Garner, writer
 * Dorothy Knox, (1902-1983) headteacher, college founder
 * Dame Leonie Kramer, former Chancellor of the University of Sydney
 * Diane Lemaire, aeronautical engineer, first woman to graduate from the University of Melbourne with a degree in engineering
 * Fay Marles, Victorian Commissioner of Equal Opportunity from 1977 to 1987 and Chancellor of the University of Melbourne from 2001 to 2004
 * Lorna Verdun Sisely (1916–2004), Surgeon, and founder of the Monash Medical Centre Breast Clinic.
 * Gillian Triggs, former President of the Australian Human Rights Commission
 * Hugh Williams, Melbourne Business School's first Melbourne Enterprise Professor and former Vice-President, Google
 * Sally Walker, former Vice-Chancellor of Deakin University
 * Peter Yates, former CEO of PBL and Chairman of the Royal Institution of Australia, the Australian Science Media Centre, the Faculty of Business and Economics at Melbourne University, and the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation

Tutors
Former tutors include:


 * Manning Clark, historian
 * Marilyn Warren, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria