In 1961, Ethel Tory graduated from the University of Paris with the Docteur de l’université (mention très honorable). The title of her doctoral thesis was “Giraudoux et l’idéal.” She returned to Australia and commenced a lectureship in French at The Australian National University where she was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1965 and served as Acting Head of the Modern Languages Department in 1969 and from 1974 to 1975.
In 1995, the ANU formed The Ethel Tory Drama Endowment from donations from Ethel Tory during her lifetime. The EE Tory Endowment was established through a bequest to the ANU on Dr Tory’s death in 2003. The endowment is used to support academics and students in drama, language and student scholarship support for the study of languages internationally.
More recently the new state-of-the-art languages centre in the Baldessin Building, which is for all ANU students studying a language, has been named in her honour. The Ethel Tory Centre was open for use at the commencement of Semester 1 2011 and was officially opened in May 2011.
The cache is micro-sized, so BYO pen. The area was quiet when we placed the cache but likely would be busy at other times. It is also close to the building so stealth will be required. Weekends or evenings might be the best time to access this cache in peace.
With thanks to tjplayfair, a UK cacher, whose assistance was most appreciated.