Jaye Walton
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Jaye Muriel Walton OAM (27 December 1928 - March 2017) was an Australian media and journalism personality from the 1960s to 2010s. She was a businesswoman, television personality and producer, and magazine publisher. Walton was the first South Australian woman to produce and host a television show which by 1979 was the state's longest running show,[1] was the first publisher of the SA Magazine, a documentary film maker, and raised awareness and funds for children's health and welfare charities in Australia and Thailand.
Biography
Born Joan Muriel Brewer in Adelaide, South Australia, she was the daughter of British sea captain Frederick Henry and Muriel Beatrice Brewer. Walton spent her early childhood in India and England, and when her family moved back to Adelaide she attended Methodist Ladies College (now Annesley).[2] After leaving school she attended business college. Walton married John Hall Walton in 1950[3] at St Columba's Church, Hawthorn, and spent the next ten years raising their two children.[4]
After her husband was injured in a car accident[5] Walton returned to the workforce to become a model and attended modelling school. She opened ‘L’Elegance’ in 1962, a South Australian charm and grooming school.[6] She worked in England giving classes to women on a Greek ship and went to Woomera to teach the wives of men working on the rocket range.
In 1968 she hosted and produced her own show, Touch of Elegance on SAS 10: it begun as a half hour timeslot once a week, and after a year in production was so popular it became a daily show. The show later expanded to a one-hour timeslot each weekday. When Walton stepped down as the host in 1979, Touch of Elegance was the longest running television show in South Australian history. Walton interviewed local and international celebrities, politicians, authors, artists, make-up artists and hairdressers, actors, and musicians. During a 1976 episode, Sir Les Patterson crashed her segment and viewers were left both entertained and surprised.[7]
From 1981-87 she was the first publisher of SAM magazine.[8]
She wrote, produced and hosted a documentary on Israel in 1976 and a documentary about the Thai Royal family in 1979. In 1979 she was appointed SA and NT honorary consul to Thailand, a position she held until her death in 2017. In the early 1990s Walton moved to Thailand and co-hosted Morning Talk with Valerie McKenzie, and then her own show, Oz-Thai Talk until 2013.[9]
Throughout her life in both Australia and Thailand she worked for children’s health and welfare charities raising funds and awareness, primarily Thailand's National Cancer Institute[10] and the International Peace Foundation.[11] In 1980 she was awarded the Order of Australia for Community Service.[12] Walton mentored South Australian newsreader Jane Reilly, and Reilly described Walton as a "TV trailblazer"[5].
References
- ^ "Obituary: Jaye Walton". Television.AU. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ Melbourne, National Foundation for Australian Women and The University of. "Methodist Ladies' College (MLC), Adelaide - Organisation - The Australian Women's Register". www.womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Copied Dresden figurine for her wedding frock". Mail. 1950-01-28. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "About People". Advertiser. 1952-09-17. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ a b McDonald, Patrick (March 22, 2017). "Jaye Walton, former presenter of TV show Touch of Elegance, dies, aged 88". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "MANNEQUIN PARADE AT MT. COMPASS". Victor Harbour Times. 1962-09-21. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ Sir Les Patterson on A Touch of Elegance, retrieved 2022-05-04
- ^ Walton, Jaye (1968–2017). Jaye Walton Collection. State Library of South Australia.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Limited, Bangkok Post Public Company. "A larger-than-life Aussie lit up Thailand". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ National Cancer Institute, Thailand. "National Cancer Institute". nci.go.th. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ The Many Faces of Peace (PDF). Thailand: International Peace Foundation. 2006. pp. 397–405.
- ^ Australian Government, Department of Premier and Cabinet. honours.pmc.gov.au https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/874352. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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