[2] Her father was Dr Alexander Sydney Joske and, in time, he would be the President of the Victorian Medical Board.
[3] After attending the Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School she proceeded with a scholarship to stay at the women's hostel attached to Trinity College in 1909.
[2] In 1919 she and other volunteers were thanked by the Mayor of Prahran for their work in establishing a free children's library by the Town Hall.
Joske and JCH enjoyed a level of detachment from the university and Behan's behaviour encouraged the hall to take its own line.
Behan's long and determined criticism is now seen as a contributing factor to JCH in time becoming wholly independent.