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CUP OF TEA with Susanna De Vries, author

How did you first come to learn about Joice NanKivell Loch?

When giving a talk about pioneer women in Melbourne to a women’s club I asked for more stories of pioneer women and , daughter of ’s best friend, gave me the story. She invited me to her home and showed me rugs that the women of Ouranoupolis, Greece, had woven to Joice’s designs as well as various books written by Joice Loch and photos of her in the tower (which appear in . I was fascinated

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