Judith Durham AO, Australian singer, songwriter, and musician, has passed away at the age of 79.

She was the lead singer of the Australian popular folk music group the Seekers, a position she got in 1963. She was also named Victorian of the Year in 2015, for her services to music and a range of charities.

Judith Durham parents: William Alexander Cock, Hazel Cock

Judith Durham was born to Judith Mavis Cock in Essendon, Victoria, to William Alexander Cock DFC and his Hazel Cock.

Her father is a navigator and a World War II pathfinder. Till 1949, she lived on Mount Alexander Road, Essendon, and attended Essendon Primary School.

In 1949, her father William, accepted work in Hobart, Tasmania. Due to this, the family lived in Taroona, which is a suburb of Hobart. There, she attended the Fahan School before moving back to Melbourne in 1956.

In Melbourne, she attended the Ruyton Girls’ School Kew and then later enrolled at RMIT.

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