In Memoriam. June Factor (1936–2024) – an extraordinary life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21223210 |
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| Authors | Judy Mckinty (Oldham Council, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-19 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Play (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2159-4937 • E-ISSN: 2159-4953 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21594937.2025.2464319 |
| OpenAlex | W4410050717 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Dr June Factor AM, well-known and highly respected folklorist, social historian and writer, was Australia’s foremost scholar and expert on children’s play and folklore. A woman of powerful intellect, meticulous scholarship, energy and vision, her groundbreaking studies of children’s own culture – the games, rhymes, language and lore of the playground – unveiled and eloquently deciphered the rules, rituals, traditions and essential nature of children’s play. Her seminal book, Captain Cook Chased a Chook: children’s folklore in Australia, published in 1988, is still the authoritative text on the subject. In 1979, June co-founded the Australian Children’s Folklore Collection, Australia’s pre-eminent collection of children’s folklore, and possibly the largest of its type in the world, which is listed on the UNESCO Australia Memory of the World Register as a ‘national treasure’. A refugee herself, she devoted her life to the vulnerable and voiceless, with a particular concern for the rights of child refugees. She was an academic, an advocate and an activist, whose life enriched those who came to know her as a colleague and a friend
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