About Julie Finch-Scally
It all began when Julie Finch-Scally left her job with a bank because they told her she was incompetent. Incompetent never, and she knew she had to prove it. Being over 50 Julie found it difficult to get new employment, so started working as a cleaner with an agency. It wasn’t long before, Julie realised she could run her own Agency, provide employment for others and develop an easy and efficient cleaning system.
In 1993 The Duster Dollies was born on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. What began as a one women business, where Julie delivered pamphlets and cleaned the properties, after several years grew into a franchised organisation with Franchisees running Duster Dollies Agencies in various Australian cities, all using the same cleaning system devised by Julie.
Twenty years later, Julie moved to Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory and became a Consultant in Hygiene Management and Cleaning. The franchised Agencies continued but under their own business names.
During her time as a Franchisor, Julie had been called upon many times to appear on radio and television providing advice on cleaning. She even had a regular column in the Real Estate section with the Murdoch Press local newspapers. This led to many publications about cleaning and preparation of properties for sale and lease.
In 2019 Julie Finch-Scally relinquished the name of The Duster Dollies and retired. But she still writes books about cleaning, as can be seen on the Publications page.
Although Julie didn’t achieve all she wanted with The Duster Dollies she still has a lot to be proud of. Her system of cleaning was taught to every person who worked with the company and has been spread around the world. In the year 2000 Julie won the NSW/ACT Franchise Woman of the Year Award. She has helped many people, desperate for work, training them so they could earn money by cleaning. And of course she and her cleaners have systematically helped keep many homes throughout Australia hygienically clean.
Although no longer working in the industry, the knowledge is still being imparted through her books, and Julie is still campaigning for the rights of cleaners, letting everyone know there is money to be made in cleaning.
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There is, and never will be, enough cleaners
