Brisbane school honours Dancing Queen 

Brisbane school honours Dancing Queen | Worshipp

Geebung State School joins the WORSHIPP Campaign with tribute to pioneering ballroom dancing teacher

Three-time Queensland champion and veteran dance teacher Jocelyn Osborne, 84, has been presented with a commemorative plaque that will hang in the Geebung State School Hall where she taught classes for more than 30 years.

The pioneering business woman, who brought the joy of music and movement to thousands of dance students, was presented with the plaque in front of the entire school assembly, as well as State Member for Aspley Bart Mellish MP, Geebung Principal Tracey Douglas and deputy Melinda White. 

Jocelyn, who also worked in the school tuckshop for 10 years when her children Michael and Shaneen attended Geebung in Brisbane’s north, said she was overwhelmed by the tribute, granted under the auspices of the WORSHIPP Campaign. WORSHIPP = Women of Respect & Substance Honoured in Public Places. 

“It’s such a privilege to be honoured in this way by the school that was an integral part of my family’s life for so long,” Jocelyn said. “I’m also grateful to the WORSHIPP Campaign for promoting women who work so hard for their communities, often without any recognition.”

MP Mellish congratulated Jocelyn (pictured in red) and praised her enduring contribution to the school and wider community. He also thanked the WORSHIPP campaign for helping to make it happen.

“WORSHIPP is such a great initiative because so much of the recognition in Australian history leans towards men,” Mellish said.  “So it’s valuable to have a worthy initiative like WORSHIPP to promote some of the amazing achievements of our great women whose work in the community too often goes unrewarded.”

Principal Douglas (pictured far left) said her school was delighted to be the custodians of Jocelyn’s plaque, which will hang at the entry to the school’s assembly hall where Jocelyn taught.

“When I heard about Jocelyn’s long association with the school and the work that the WORSHIPP campaign was doing, I felt it was right to honour her by naming a corner in our hall after her,” Principal Douglas said. “When people walk into the hall, one of the first things they’ll see is Jocelyn’s plaque.”

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