# Jean Garling > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jean_Garling > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jean_Garling.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Garling > Source revision: 1268248344 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian writer and dancer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} thumb|300px|Jean Garling '''Jean Garling''' (1907–1998) was an Australian writer, dancer, and for many years a strong supporter of dance and the performing arts, in [Sydney](/source/Sydney), New South Wales. She was a founding member of the Library Society, and became a Governor Benefactor of the [State Library of New South Wales](/source/State_Library_of_New_South_Wales) in 1992, subsequently bequeathing her whole estate to the Library upon her death in 1998. ==Early life== Garling was born on 3 September 1907 in [Gilgandra, New South Wales](/source/Gilgandra%2C_New_South_Wales).{{cite web|title=Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939–1947|publisher=National Archives of Australia|url=http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4616668|accessdate=7 March 2013}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She was a descendant of [Frederick Garling](/source/Frederick_Garling), who arrived in Sydney in 1815 as one of the two [Crown solicitors](/source/Crown_Solicitor's_Office_(New_South_Wales)) for the Colony.{{cite book|title=Celebrating 100 Years of the Mitchell Library|year=2000|publisher=Focus Publishing|location=Edgecliff, N.S.W.|isbn=1875359664|page=116|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b2047454~S2}} She was educated at [Gulargambone](/source/Gulargambone) Public School and, for a short time, at [Dubbo](/source/Dubbo) High School, before moving to Sydney, where she attended Shirley (Ailanthus College) before finishing her secondary education at the [Sydney Church of England Grammar School for Girls](/source/SCEGGS_Darlinghurst) (SCEGGS), [Darlinghurst](/source/Darlinghurst%2C_New_South_Wales). Garling studied physiotherapy at the [University of Sydney](/source/University_of_Sydney), and received a Diploma of Massage in 1927. She worked initially as a masseuse at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital before serving as a physiotherapist in the [Australian Army Medical Women's Service](/source/Australian_Army_Medical_Women's_Service) in [Darwin](/source/Darwin%2C_Northern_Territory) during 1941 – 1942, holding the rank of Lieutenant.[http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemdetailpaged.aspx?itemid=395092 Garling, Jean, 1907-1998], State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2013.[http://historycouncilnsw.org.au/history-week/jean-garling/ Jean Garling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414071452/http://historycouncilnsw.org.au/history-week/jean-garling/ |date=14 April 2013 }}, History Council of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2013. As a civilian Garling subsequently worked at the [Repatriation General Hospital, Concord](/source/Repatriation_General_Hospital%2C_Concord) and at [Sydney Hospital](/source/Sydney_Hospital). She worked a backstage manager for [Sydney Eisteddfod](/source/Sydney_Eisteddfod) and [Musica Viva](/source/Musica_Viva_Australia), and in 1947 she wrote and starred in her own play, entitled ''The Jokers''. Garling was classically trained in ballet, and danced with the Lightfoot-Burlakov [First Australian Ballet](/source/First_Australian_Ballet), where she was taught by [Mischa Burlakov](/source/Mischa_Burlakov),{{cite web|title=Garling, Jean (1907 – 1998)|url=http://www.australiadancing.org/subjects/89.html|work=Australiadancing|accessdate=13 March 2013|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120625140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/35285/20120626-0000/www.australiadancing.org/subjects/89.html|url-status=usurped|archivedate=25 June 2012}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} who came to Australia with [Anna Pavlova](/source/Anna_Pavlova).{{cite news|last=Loane|first=Sally|title=Frills and thrills, the memories will live on|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=29 August 1992|page=2}} thumb|Jean Garling (1943) ==Publications== Jean Garling was the author of ''Australian Notes on the Ballet'' ({{ASIN|B001C8FCLG}}), which was published in 1950 with the subtitle "highlights of Ballet in Australia showing contemporary trend and influences up to the present world premiere of the Australian ballet [Corroboree](/source/Corroboree_(ballet))".{{cite book|last=Garling|first=Jean|title=Australian Notes on the Ballet|year=1950|publisher=Legend Press|location=Sydney|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b2107197~S2}} ==Death== Jean Garling died on 8 April 1998 aged 90. She is buried in the Gilgandra General Cemetery.{{cite web|title=Inscription for Ilma Jean Garling|url=http://austcemindex.com/inscription.php?id=5252184|publisher=Australian Cemeteries Index|accessdate=7 March 2013}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Garling, Jean}} Category:1907 births Category:1998 deaths Category:Writers from Sydney Category:Australian ballerinas --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jean Garling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Garling) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Garling?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.