Physical description

Joy Beaudette Cripps Australian Poet

Inscriptions & markings

On photocopy Joy Beaudette Cripps Poet and Author born 13 June 1923 nee Wilkins Resident of Sunshine 1936 Now at 3 Mill Street Aspendale 3195 Photocopy of colour photograph Portrait of Joy Beaudette Cripps with her order insignia See written text on her life filed in the documents section

Born Joyce Wilkins on 13 June 1923 to Stanley Wilkins a Welshman and Lily Beaudette Driscoll an Australian in Brunswick Victoria Joyces father Stanley worked as a railway employee and served in the Australian Army during WWI In the early 1920s Stanley was working for the richmond Cable Tramways as a conductor Stanley and his wife Lily lived in Brunswick before moving to 101 Reynard Street Coburg In the early 1940s Joyces parents Stanley and Lily were living at 9 McKay Street Sunshine Stanley was listed as a pastry cook and Lily as a confectionist with a shop at 217 Hampshire Road Sunshine During the 1940s Stanley was the Australasian Draughts Champion Joyce married Charles Chas John Cripps on the 2 December 1944 in Melbourne Charles served with the Australian Navy during WWII In the late 1940s Charles and Joyce were living at 9 McKay Street Sunshine with Joyces parents John was listed as working as a radio assembler and Joyce was at home with house duties Charles and Joyce had two sons Robert Raymond and Peter John By the 1950s the family were living at 3 Monash Street Sunshine By 1960 Charles and Joyce were living at 3 Mill Street Aspendale During the Vietnam War their son Robert served as a private in the Army Joyce enjoyed simple things in life such as horticulture cycle riding traveling into the Australian Bush and meeting up with her poetry friends Joyce was the founding President of the Melbourne Poetry Society In 1982 Joyce organised the Melbourne Poetry Day which was held at the State Film Centre MacArthur Street East Melbourne Joyce published a paper called the Leonardo Da Vincis Ingenious Door to the Mind Joyce was elected as a Life Member of the International Biographical Association There is a list of her poems included in the document