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Jeane Upjohn Jeane Upjohn i(A47422 works by) (a.k.a. J. Upjohn)
Born: Established: 1921 Tasmania, ;
Gender: Female
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Jeane Upjohn, author, historian, journalist, poet and raconteur, is the daughter of a well-travelled civil engineer. She has recalled at interview her father's storytelling, banjo playing and singing; and her going for a joyflight with Charles Kingsford-Smith. Upjohn joined the Womens Australian Auxillary Air Force (WAAAF) in 1941, reaching the rank of sergeant. She joined East West Airlines after the war, becoming their first hostess, which provided her with many stories about 'special' flights with dignitaries.

Upjohn's other jobs included working as a company secretary; opening a coffee shop in Tamworth; and then, after studying journalism at university through distance education, she worked in Coffs Harbour as a journalist. She later moved to Texas, Queensland.

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  • Upjohn's other works include They Came to Thunderbolt Country (1988), Rabbits in Australia : Pets, Pests, Plagues, Profit (1998) and The Tobacco Growers of Southern Queensland : Yelarbon, Inglewood, Ashford and Texas (1999).
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