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The Women’s College acknowledges the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work.

Vale Leonie Star BA MA PhD

Women’s College would like to inform alumnae and friends of the recent passing on 30 December 2015 of Dr Leonie Star, former Principal of College from 1974-80. Dr Star came to Women’s College following her return to Australia from New Brunswick in Canada where she had studied and worked for a number of years. She was an independent scholar, publishing several books in her lifetime, and she maintained her contact with the College in the years following her term as Principal.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend Dr Star’s funeral service to be held in the East Chapel, at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium, 199 Delhi Road, North Ryde, on Thursday 7th January 2016 at 10.30am.

Donations in lieu of flowers to go to the Fragile X Association of Australia.

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