RAHS Day Lecture – Joy Howarth: Australia’s Forgotten Film Star

Event Date & Time: Wednesday, 5 February 2025 @ 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

Event Location: History House, 133 Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000

Cost: Free

Event Description:

At the age of 22, Joy Howarth was plucked from obscurity, renamed Jocelyn Howarth, and cast in the 1933 Australian film The Squatter’s Daughter, becoming an overnight celebrity. Hollywood soon came calling – but instead of the fame her talent and courage deserved, she encountered heartache, scandal and professional disappointment. Shrouded in mystery for decades, the fascinating true tale of a forgotten Australian trailblazer is revealed here for the first time.

About the speaker:

Camille Scaysbrook has worked as a playwright, a radio writer, a media analyst, a political advisor on arts education, and an independent researcher on film history. She has participated in talks and interviews at the Biennale of Sydney, Jessie Street National Women’s Library and ABC Radio, covering topics ranging from women modernists in Australian art to film theory. She is the author of a forthcoming biography of actress Joy Howarth.