Early Years
Jane was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, the daughter of a Melbourne clothes designer, and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media and Cinema from La Trobe University in Melbourne.
It was in her mature teenage years that she joined 3RRR Radio in Melbourne, presenting a Sunday afternoon (4pm-7pm) new music show called Calamity.
She also began contributing stories to the UK's Q Magazine under the name Calamity Jane.
She later became a national celebrity in her native Australia as a result of her national radio and TV shows, including Triple J radio's Super Request and Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV's cult live three hour Saturday morning program, Recovery. It was on this TV show that she interviewed some of the biggest international bands on tour, including co-hosting one programme with Jarvis Cocker of Pulp.
In 1998, Jane recorded with Australian band Underground Lovers, under the Japanese pseudonym "Mitsuame"; covering Can's 1976 song "I Want More" (from their album, Flow Motion)
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