Editing Judith Durham (section)

==Early life==
Durham was born Judith Mavis Cock on 3 July 1943 in [[Essendon, Victoria]], to William Alexander Cock, a navigator and World War II [[Pathfinder (RAF)|pathfinder]], and his wife, Hazel (''née'' Durham).<ref name="SMH-Obit">{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-seeker-who-found-international-fame-20210512-p57r7k.html |last1=Veitch |first1=Harriet |title=Judith Durham: A Seeker who found international fame |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=6 August 2022 |language=en |access-date=6 August 2022 |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806083652/https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-seeker-who-found-international-fame-20210512-p57r7k.html |url-status=live }}</ref> From her birth until 1949, she lived on Mount Alexander Road, Essendon.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-06 |title=Judith Durham forged an untrodden path for Australian singers |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/judith-durham-forged-an-untrodden-path-for-australian-singers/news-story/e511cbd85f3079f181864cdc303f7feb |website=[[The Australian]]}}</ref><!-- and attended Essendon Primary School. [citation needed] --> She spent summer holidays at her family's [[weatherboard]] house (which since has been demolished) on the west side of Durham Place in [[Rosebud, Victoria|Rosebud]].<ref>Information from Judith emailed by her manager, Graham Simpson,9 September 2011, 11:19 AM. Hi ---, Judith has asked me to write specifically to you to try to clarify your query about "Emily Durham's house". She does not remember now whether the house was demolished at the time Durham Place was subdivided, but her recollection of the century-old house is a weatherboard with a front verandah standing in the middle of a large block between the beach and the main road. etc. </ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2022}}

Her father accepted work in [[Hobart, Tasmania]], in 1949. From early 1950, the family lived in [[Taroona]], a suburb of Hobart, where Durham attended [[the Fahan School]] before moving back to [[Melbourne]], residing in Georgian Court, Balwyn, in 1956. She was educated at [[Ruyton Girls' School]] Kew and then enrolled at [[RMIT University|RMIT]].<ref name="Whoswho">{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Suzannah Pearce |encyclopaedia=Who's Who in Australia Live! |title=Durham Judith Mavis |date=17 November 2006 |publisher=Crown Content Pty Ltd |location=North Melbourne, Vic}}</ref>

Durham at first planned to be a pianist and gained the qualification of Associate in Music, Australia ([[AMusA]]), in classical piano at the [[University of Melbourne]] Conservatorium.<ref name= creative /> She had some professional engagements playing piano, had classical vocal training as a soprano, and performed blues, gospel, and jazz pieces.<ref name= creative /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cartwright |first1=Garth |title=Judith Durham obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/08/judith-durham-obituary|access-date=28 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=8 August 2022}}</ref> Her singing career began one night at the age of 18 when she asked Nicholas Ribush, leader of the Melbourne University Jazz Band, at the Memphis Jazz Club in [[Malvern, Victoria|Malvern]], whether she could sing with the band. In 1963, she began performing at the same club with [[Frank Traynor]]'s Jazz Preachers, using her mother's maiden name of Durham. In that year she also recorded her first EP, ''Judy Durham'', with Frank Traynor's Jazz Preachers for [[W&G Records]].<ref name= creative>{{cite web |author=Malt Creative |url=http://www.judithdurham.com/ |title=Welcome to Judith Durham |publisher=Judith Durham |access-date=1 March 2017 |archive-date=24 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724161629/http://www.judithdurham.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>