CHAPTER lV mE ROt""" OF THE em« ITABkE ORO. rISATIONS DTTRC.lWCTI(JN 53 Until the 1870' s the women of t ew South 88 va very appe ranee of almost total uninvol v ent in any p ticul r issue . It i9 impossible to estate ho much te support they va, or to t xtent subj at con cerning tb were diseuosed, but it is equally evident that by 18aO r 1 vant legislation had ere ted a m ore definite anrene 8 ong of their importonce nd h d nouri had ov dener! d as a en' s Rights Mov t. of expression 'fI, s the - omen • s Or c uld be It a1n Vi nue through on or ore of which n ly all the interest ign of the ov ent were directed . ,bat nO'" :made this av Cllt unu I 1n n South s its almont to laok of hi 1y it! 10 8, 1 ts laek of Ui t methorls and it· d coneern for ideal to _ ioh none 'b.lt a highly prejudie 1st eould ke any re axe. r.U n. 'l'h OVi eat gain d its supporters fro all s etlon of the po tioD, but its ct ive wor er from very 1 it d tel' only. A high proportion ot the en mo 0 for 1ivl I in -w Boath not actively aGoe ted. wi Wi u' s organ! tioD t ell d only 'those who later be came tor these women h d c ntacts ith t .• There were num.r 0 raass why wanen wre not
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CHAPTER l V
mE ROt""" OF THE em« ITABkE ORO. rISATIONS
DTTRC.lWCTI(JN
53
Until the 1870' s the women of t ew South 88 va very
appe ranee of almost total uninvol v ent in any p ticul r
issue. It i9 impossible to estate ho much pri~ te support
they va, or to t xtent subj at concerning tb were
diseuosed, but it is equally evident that by 18aO r 1 vant
legislation had ere ted a more definite anrene 8 ong
of their importonce nd h d nouri had ov
dener! d as a en' s Rights Mov t .
of expression 'fI, s the -omen • s Or
c uld be
It a1n Vi nue
through on or ore
of which n ly all the interest ign of the ov ent
were directed. ,bat nO'" :made this av Cllt unu I 1n n
South s its almont to laok of hi 1y it! 10 8,
1 ts laek of Ui t methorls and it· d coneern for ideal
to _ ioh none 'b.lt a highly prejudie 1st eould ke
any re axe.r.U n.
'l'h OVi eat gain d its supporters fro all s etlon of the
po tioD, but its c t ive wor er from very 1 it d tel'
only. A high proportion ot the en mo 0 ~ for 1ivl I
in -w Boath not actively aGoe ted. wi Wi u' s
organ! tioD t ell d only 'those who later became
tor these women h d xtensi~e ~r6onal c ntacts ith t . •
There were num.r 0 raass why l?~dng wanen wre not
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associated with organisations lob ~ re iddle-
class, tut their ahscnc !'ram th had the efr at of
a mov !tent lob in 1 ts rly stageG rticuL"lrly, n (l ireeted
~ the • leisUred and educ te~ claos s 1 t, 8 in ld.
Not all en ho join d the ne. w . -n' 8 or i~.t1ont'
e aoti V6 t'w1nlet , but tb. 01" ani C1 tion", did &:1 va t .• ir
m barD the opportur..1 ty of onterinl! public life for the f1rot
t e. • 8 a reDUl t y be 6
oharitable orgMi ti and often found t'hey '-ere, or h d bee e
f in1et in their outlook.
'l'be role . ~ d ry t.e 0l'~'ni6a tl De th oe
are of consider 1mpor~~nc.e The e rli5~t ero the char! bl
orgenieations whos. influence p -Oat d he r1 ts
mov nt by Dlo.re ~ c nt.ur.r, wt had all" r 1"Y th
O' 8 and ~/01 S be n to proVide hi. ly ~ct bl , en-viol t
an of ntrT into public lite tor r '1 • 1'1 so far
1 t10n al 0 ovid ~ vlrt.uall7 .I.e only tr,y in
11e\l South eSt th rol i'~ tio!lB in t! e
t in! t ovemen t tel" tb re tibJ ii:l ei e1" Un1 ted
tea or" 1 nd and in 1'8 tlUeh ore:Un ort··llt.
In a 8 t. i thO"tlt poor s , th ch rl blG or is tio
• be "sent1al and ini'lu· • . "'t or tJ reo 1 ved
mea.ure of go t sup rt, enorally sur iel t, for
th.ir cons tly incN sing ctiv1t1 8, d t. e c i. tlT
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re1iev the government 0 ~ e number of social respons1bUi t i e •
In spite ot attacks rr~ tiwe to t~e ov r
they gene lly njoyed consider hIe pr . tige
share or th social s tligbt. The vice-regal tr ge they
1y given. 'l'h y ttr tod t he
membership end contrihutlons of the r1 'heat d moet blin
spirited citizen., ~ost of whom wer motivated by a sincere d 1
strong s nee of duty towards tho Ie s fortun tee The n 98
of more t} e gene tion of t lly were associated wi a
number of hese organisations d"·en 0 be e actively
associated with a public us in New South lalee fre u ntly 2
had ~ history of f8 111' chqri ty ork behind them.
This very cone nt tion ot & 1nistr tivo function d
f1nneial poort in the hands of a select fev, njoying otfleie.l
backing, ded to equate charity vork with ocial pr sti e- a
not unc n _ oelation but on s particularly pronounc d
in Uew South ale 'ith it small population nd it sooW lite
onfin d in ny CAse to those it 1 the tend the Il S to
fall C8U 88.
1. They V1 1'6 ofte cell d of fol-1OT. ing M . pty round of ch 1 ble tunotions nd of being isgulf1 dint ell' etforts to help. ~ev rtheles' th sincerity of" th ajority i striking and reli. oue 1':lot1v tlon v ,ry trong. F iUes of the clergy ore vs_ atron ly p nted on c 1 tte s .
2. cott f 11,., to which Rose Scott, 1 ter Secra of the n ' s ~ e Leagu~ d er cau~ln ,., "\tid cott t tch 11
l01F'ed, sell r presented on th early lists or evol nt SOCiety subscriber .
S6
t changing populetion nn < cia! con iti s t! 1
carly aA~(>ci tion, rl tl, its ove tones of oc1al ti
has c tinuf'ld importnt in New South .sles .
For these re ons it is not rprlsin to find t
in the ef'!rly 19th c tury the snme es rr..-
number of c tteos and th t the DUliles are almo t
invariably those of the wives of the colony' 8 judge ,
Psrllamentar iane and leading clergym n . Very oft n too, th
f amilias represent d
intima to visiting te s.
AD more New S th ales er enco
or on
ed to e te. d
their ctiv1ties., they extGnCl d th first in tb e org i s iO. tI
coming, as their non;a ot dutie !.ncr a • into .orkin COn at
wi th men they £1' _u tly met socinlly and v orten
1n hi 1 1 lit! 1 cirel •
ork by 1900 e ~Y1~."'" ed
and ct1v; of those ing d less
r <ira into it. But their c )in
pre si J to va co tri ted u1 te ter1ally
t() the lack of re op 31 tlon to th ra tr men in hi
lUana.
3. r ey, 1954,
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P rtici t10n by i. en in ohari ty ark in ew
began in the early y... ro of the col Y' d , tu th
a~ost Wholly conc~rn d with the Ifar nd
the protection d reclama ti of 1VO Xl. ,ell anin
colonists tried thoir h nds at reforming f~~. convict ,
rescuing the h eleas r.nd providing refuges for free sattler,
but their work . s lJ.m1 d, nd untU the t :i of C rolin
Cb1t'holm, uninspired. hi holm' s rk i not inolUd
in this the ie, but it flY noted that on t e WOllllon
reported to hay brl fly t!orkeo ou with er
Mrc. r 1ndeyer, who Q £emily ca e on erd ntly c ltted
to, nt rlght. j r • tackl the robl of
8 ttling tU~~ied e~ grants- me e b1t1ou ech • t an
~v ttempted fore h r t~e or gr t ttenr d .
Much e r11er, in 1 00 8. King, th 1. e of th Gcvern r ,
had mo to hay Orp.ilEUlwge ron. and in IB20 th en vel
ociety call d w n ' e 1 tte into in i tb tar ore
lim! d • It orda of the " . oon
on daR rvin
4.
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The Ccmmittee and the Soc1oty ben fitted r the
enth ia of L~dy Darling, who o or iee t C it
or thf3 P rr tta 1. Convict' ctory in 1826, t n 1ther
committee .as very 1 l1vrJd .
In the c ~e of th Benevolent Society it w 8 probably
not ita f ul t . Their charter was narrow and the Society
itself virtuously hoped that " these attentions of th ladies
tond to encourage better mor habltl:l which will mder ore 5
Ctlfles elig1hle to be reJ ieved b7 this C ,1 ttee" • '1'h
hope was h rdl,. borne out. In its first ye r e L dies '
COlIlIL'i t tee could 0111y find six 1¥omen who mot the Society' 8
requireIl:ent . • l1lInost sixty yec!re 1= tar the Society, facing
exaotly the s e problem on tlU ~ Ifl.r. r scale, h· d to con id r
the qU8otion of providing J:\uch ler r 1..v1ng-in ho"pi s and
tr~I 1n1J\g institutions to cal'0 for bot: mnrrl d nd led
om n, lind in 1879 it called much more influential w\. en '
Cot::Illi ttoe into existence t<J help.
l'" en re alno 8 ocin te wi til tho oundling Ho pi tal
a.t ABhfield, ecta liBh in 1814, anI!. k.ter Crown St et, f ounded
in 1898. 'l'b9 eu.rlia h<'>spitt 1 at nhf'ielt!, kIlo n later aa
the Inrant ' s Home bee 9 on or the t knc:wn ~.d b · at upported
eharit.! h19 1nstltutlof.1c in t le colony.
5. I i d .
59
S~ewh t different go Is, n ely th plo ent n
te'lchlne of women, ere behind the fo tion in 18')4 0 t}
Fem Ie Schocl of Industry, ith hlch rs . ~tc en, of
Sir f Ifred Stephen, 1: tar ":hi ef JUDtlee d Lieute nt G~ r or
and her eh rltably minded fro 1ly, s eonnecte . Al 0 s. 'rin
th sat::e aims ~nd duties as the e riler Benevolent Socl ty
Coomi ttee \,ere tbe !..uch 1ese-er kno ill T'h r-ycney Dore' a . n
'3trtml!ero' Friene ~ociotlos and th Jewish societt :} he IT brew
Ladies ' nore:r- s 00ciaty and th f1 ebrew L di . , 'aternity ~oclety.
Those Jowieh f.,"I'OUpS (;Ire probably t.l-te fir"'t wl--olly Ii1 n ad
wOI!len in New L.outh • ales. Mor in the uhlic eye s the
r> fUge ... ociety, found d in lS49, by re • 16 2 it h d
a 1 dies ' c ittee i 0 .. er"' tiou, lled tl:e 11 in tay . n\~ prop 6
of the whole ociety".
Alco~t identic 1 in object 'isoio.
e, f ~ed t · ~tyt.o y. srs 1 ter f Eia .. op
B rk r of dne,. lld itb Nn • 0 r, if of Ch rlea Co
M . r of t t isletivo A !'Ie b1l, AS eX' t rye 'i h 0
s to be d f 11 nl or
re in Ckngar r fe.llin fr ~ virt,u ; to roth 'int
nd re
6. Ibid. 1852
7. our. e 0 rtlin. n.
7 . SIDNEY 'OruUfG H
roc cdin further i
t. 1874.
In 1060, the Young 0 en'. Chrl tian AD celati
which the P'airfax t n.mily played rt,
eo
,iD
to
existence as the largest and moat influential society 1n N
South :~alos tor the protection of a d girls. Its
inaugural meeting w s ch ired by John Fairfax, M b r of t
L gislntive Council d attended by the Bi hop of Sydney.
Orig1n&lly tounded in 1855 in I gland both a h . tor
nurses Being to and tram the Crlmean Var, and ao p 7f3r
circle, the Young.~'8 Chri tian Association du811y
extenrod it activities outside the Brit! Iel • The fir t
Austr ,1i Branch a d in Geel in 1872, but shortJ.y
afteR rde disbo.nded. ch were more coessM 1n
flew ?c d in 1880, Lady l rehibald ot t.,. wrote to
,1re. Henry oor in Sydn y urging h r to f Bro.nch. With
the support ot the Bi op of Sydney this as done.
Like other org lsatlons at the time, the I
Chriat1an A Dooi tion " 0 both a heen fr bane for
conducted on Christian principle" d n r l1giOU9 or at! .
It tollo d th • e on to i tiona both in
dint
e.
s of
had circle 0
g its activitIes into Otna,r-tzroent 8
un er ber of title • •
1
Ther were n n bor of le ser lent' , but. Unr ociatiel
.1 0 fOWlded in the period. A ladi st co ··~1tte., h dod
by Lady Your.(t, wifo of th r~ew South Walos Gov mor, orking tor
t Sailors Rome, was et up in 18S5. Ladle e re al 0
ap 1ntod to the ccmn1ttee of the f) f, b nd Blin Institu
tormed the aame year, d in the 1 to 70 r
with the Pri onere' ftld Society. 'i'he 1861 . e Visit1n
and Reli t Society was ' 'ore missionary in its 0 s, as Was the
later Sydne.y Ladies t Evangelistic
this assocition h d branches in all
soc tlon. '0 ad in 1879
rt of the colOQT ~ li a
the Young 'omens Chr!atlan AS3cciatl , ortly form d at ot
internal de rtr. nt concerned th Ision to ho pitals, ts
bus and cab drivers, oup kltch 8 d Chri s C 8 for ho pital •
The nmge tb e internal d par ts 8 prob bl,. 00 t lllu trat d
by the ble e s section of cti tie. carried on .i thin
the W Christian T permoe Union dUring tb n xt twenty year •
Tha in~ luable wor the e c . ttees d oci tie. perlo ed
• s al ys pered by 10 dequa te r in api te ot
their entbu8 tic del::uts the no 1 thy the,..
aroused. In f aot, the ohari ble organ! tion 8 soured ot
th early d te d in 18 8 a tion to .or
tor R e for Respeotable ama.le ierants d ,servants s
launched typically 881\111y, t blio GUn ch ire
the Goftrnor-Gener • n this partioular oocasion the ee ,
6
was addressed by a "ra. Fostel" . nd her s ech , lich y
t he r1r~t om n ' II speeoh repor ted so fully in Sydney
newspaper, i s an illumina ting expre ion of the qual! ty or
interest women took in this s imUar cau s, ad the limit
of their interest. Mo important the essence of her S Gch
wit h only cinor alterations , we being repoa ted on th eve of
the ecuring of the trancbis 000 for a n ber of years later.
Mrs. Footer hoped that
the ~ust lan ladies [will] be a PAttem tor al l t1 but especially to th dau ters of t· orl ; y tb 1r minds be 1 d away the bon e ot luxury d elf- d~ cut, e.y their eyes be opened to the t
want of the tlon, to liv tor oth r6 0 e1r hus d' h ppiness, t o cure th sel vas d their fellow sister tr utter ruin... 9
By 1900 omen w no Ion r prophesy utter ruin f or
their sisters, but they 19 re still subacribin to th other
section or Hr • Fo tort nd i s att1~~e &S so
uni ver ly eruLrGd nd .1ttod by the m t"s of very w
organi tien in Now Sout es, h tever it s thies, t t
1t is oet im ossiblo to uri 0 a mili t sur ent
erging or the belief' 'talWlg hold ot N $outh lales an
that an ntranchioe • y t threat to th as bll ed
OM r.
9 . SYDn l~O DiG H D. 2 March, 1858.
63
A tJ e nUJ b(;r 0 c ri t Ie or " inc!' I ' 0,
nd 1 S jo·r. .d t , '30 oy
i '(; tify -sal va,j 0 e 01") ' s tr~ 'tio 1
ir!lcrest.>, t t C Sf t icl.e ~er tly e ing their
inf1uf-nc t rc :t e i eir r bili'ill f • ut
in, or 10
the. outs:!. is
lily vii a to d. infte it.
pill di o~te to
l{ lr,'m c, tll} it in e1 ~te . 1
rly i i.o fi 1 •
eovorill6 1, t ey C Haide!'p.ri .• il' ~;,r d t' on • int ·ru",t •• , < 1
t ~.. i~ ""'el.\. illuutr. t,.d st':tuto
• ~' 't •
wr ot l.1' of
by i ivi u' o
childrPl
10.
ll. I t
1y
er, •
s
act in SUPiJort s pasaed in the i South
Wales Parliemcnt in 1857. In 1856 ~he Cov-rnm t
work cn a Children's Asyl at d 1ck rnd almont it ·.8di tely
Lady r enison, wife of the Governor, &nd Lady ~tei h n, wtJ ot
the Chiet Justice, if re p ointed lady visitors.
This rly conneotion \,1 tb tho dliick C ; ldren' Asylw
was the prologue to II grow1~.g, d in the end xtensi~ ,inv lv ent
by in the affairs of chU ren in ge eral. V:ithin th
next twenty yo s, the est! 18 s raised by thGrl of't0n and
avo: tue.ll.y OV l'tUllent hopes c to rest on th
Doarding-Out nystem in which 17 ro very conBi ern.bly involv: d .
This as the sch under which ildr re placed in to tor
h0lll9S and the to their aupport.
~iculai' field :in tho c '" of so ch other
Tb southern
oolony, alrost from its f;oux).d.ati , d be n ced 'it a
prabl cone me<! with the a
In 185 an anonymou letter to
th t housek eper in t.." country
nt of WQlt!eD ctlld chil' n.
r h d N· ~ested
• in ·nd c for destitute
ohild - a. g et1en 1lh1eh y not h v
be ooted in co d d i G oftici lly introduce thore two
12.
65
Nevertholess in s outl, .Australia t.he Destitute Do rd,
or ated by th 1842 ~eDtltute PoraonB lief Act. almost
cdintely placed thirty children in various h 8S nd the
sys was ap rently unoff1ciru.ly in oper Uon for the noxt
ten ye3re. In leGS a t-rs. Coroline Cl k in a letter to the
80uth Aust ralian REGISTLR suggo ted soparation of ages cl aea
in an asylum, and the extension ot the ooarc:u.ng out of children,
fiMnced y th Dest! tute Bo rd. The .... t! r e i v d ter
OUPiX'rt in the following s1=-: yellr s the Cove ant in u tri
sohool and refo tory Catl in for 1"0 ated critici • In 1872
pemisaion to try the ne plnn under ff rent
w s given, and Chilrlren ' Relief ot
in! trat1on,
onn control
of the children fran th Destitu Board d lv1ng it inate d
to the S te ChUdren' Counci l. The Council a t t· 8
cant ined six w 11, including th or niaer or the -.r •
Clarke and the aruble Mis Catherin Spence who .. e vi ." on
n her of subjects to 1nnu no. wmn9n in otch r u tral
s to come.
The ncw Council hod n brou t into xistence CAU e
of a n: ber of defects in th· a inlet tion of the Destitute
B rd, but dos ita this the Boardin Out ' 70 d been a wcc.
n... its ope tions were ~hed closely in 0 Wale •
It also hd am. influential sup or re en, Who,
betWMD them wi.lded s indirect poll tic 1 infiu ce. Least
innucntial In this re &rd, t on or tho 0 t ot1~ or er
wus r~r8. M rion Jefforis, wife of the Con,., •. ~ ... _tion ~lnl tor
for Sydney_ She and her husband hnd rec tly a rived fr
South /luatrtl.lia and consoquently were 011 info d on the
workings of the syst. The Jefferi • be e in the next few
ye rr. extr ely well }mo r onalities in ~ ney nd th
Rev. J efferia on indeta tig ble lectu · r On bewildering variety
of topic fr sociall to corrp.ct behaviour for young dies.
In 1879 Mrs . Jeff riB outlined th benetit of the
Boarding Out ~s in letto!"s to the p per nd . en sup rt
np red to be slack, organised tho purch se, t , rough the Per.; an t
f'utual. Pociety, of a f'our-ro ad cotta in hleb to 8 rt her
01111 asylum and Bo'UA·\~g Out SY3 • Less pre.~.pl te, but
r ther ore 1nf1u nUal, ns Mrs . (aft rwards La ) ind y: r,
"hose entry into public life datos fr the1870· . in
a leading figure for the next 40 ye rs d 1n y s, an
tndiapens b1e one, beco one of the doz best kno and
most influ tial m ra of tho ft ew Sout alos 1I'a::ten lD.t)v ent .
Her involvement in charitable causes, and later th u/r-.. . ........
ov ent, I1S the direct result of her own e ellent priVi te 14
educ t!on, toll owed by rriage to of liber 1 vi th
uccess£ul public careor. Her hUD d i S enoral support or 13. Her husband ' promin t siti in the c 100)1' v her
considorable tandin& on the Y' or i ntlons to Wh i ch e bel ed and to the cues sh favoured. Sh became d7
W1ndeyer when h r hue d kr.: ghted in 18~1.
14. sister g ined on of th fir.t .A' . of N Zealand.
the Un! er s! ty
13
67
VI en' 0 rights which may havo stordlled froo aemlr tion
0 1' his own mother's successful managing of t '1elr Hunter River
property, continued all his life. As a rising youn, rristor
and pollticinn, 0.9 Attorney- General, Jud of the Supreme
Court an Chane llor of the Diver ity of P '1', he sur ported
over the years 0. succession of Acts COl~cern1ng th illlproved
pos ition of WCZl.OIl. Frcm his surviving correspondence it i also
clear th this wi£. enj eyed his f.'Ull confidence and sup rtf
60C 508 OEOROE STREET, SYDNEY.
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'nl ro 10 lit tl dvubt t hat Lady : indeyer Vi S sou t a
much f c· her hus bend'.. soc! .. end c1 vic po 1 tl rits.
She ,a hald in consid rabl frection,· t com in d t e added
adv "It>Jge of m king an xcellent nntlL.-al. president 1th the
ab11i ty to r::ake fL CaU'" mor respec ble. She e ctly tulfil ed
the r 4u1 'ont of t'ir:,l . !!arion 11Gb ho wrote to h r in
September 1895 pressing upon h r the f ot that &~e usl:. not
res1gn from the .-
n Q lady of title
import'" ae. " 15
• en ~~frage Loa • beo' use it r qui d
1 of 0 social st' J~ to v it
1nd ad 1 t is mpor t to rf'!IIfternb r th t with the sup rt
of L dy tiindeyer and hor N
COne ming omen could in no higher 'lpprovEll , In t
a mov .ant ould face the dnn r of 1nt thou t . at lioor l t
all, t s I.ct d co rv, ti t did
hap n ten y us lat~r in th e se or th f) n '
In tb ant · 1 dy dndey r oe,
ner only real superior . s th· Govern r I ife, des a ve
controvers1al c uses.
L ely .ind 'Y rt s c _ ection i in 1874
nd later tb Asht1 10 Int ts Hom pp r to h 16 h r f1 st
jor invQlv: ent in ch rlty work d her int
Out etem, red by h r hu~f d, d ted rr
Ln. 10 ec ·'er, 1875.
t in th oarding 16
per iod.
] 1 Lib
•
70
In February 1875 sho Viaf being u rged by 1 Y Cl r k of 17
~delnide to intro&l('~ t 1:e sy~t~ in .~G~. [~vuth - es , an
she appears to hrve beon in clo e cont~ct wit~ her over tho
w~olA IX·riod • .. he 0.100 hr ... d t,he 6uY)port 1.n the v ltUl"O of
Henry Parkes TJl th "hom the indeyer t ily d por o. 81 8830c1 tic s.
L~dy indeye Ilnd Henry P&.rk~s h d travail d to Austr'lia
on the same ship , though not in the Bam cla"'s , in 18 9 1 t
LAdy ·indeyer af'-wrwards claimed to h',ve r c-nbered t heir
first meeting. ? rkos ' 8.ssocintion i tho Windsyor r ily
grew over the years, ~ nd in 1895 he asked Sir Will . to
executor of his will , clamin- he s n bout tho oldest porson 1 18
friend I h vo l iving •• ll
In 1875 Pf' rkos had cr eated a Ch r1~i 8 C ission largely
to investi gate the Bo r ding Out 8Y8'" which bad so been
recommended t o him by the ~outb ustr 11 Cli et Secretary.
The Committee ' s report had be n 1 rely t your ble. It as 1879
before any definite steps were tal( n ,ho evor , to introduce the
oyst nne t en ! t bee e l or oly n oxt nsion of the sy t
Mrsl Jeffer! 0.1 dy operating. The ut . Austr Ii ct
8S u ",;,d IlB 8 codel, L"d;] ndoy r' B • nd i s re orted b
the actunl fr ina of t l-le til . d th t
her requests to t' rkeD for nction had fin lly re 1 ted in is
17. The indexer Papers,Uncatalo, od S,D159,It 7.
18. Sir Henry Parkes to ir lllil:lll1 ind fer,! deyer PNlOr Unc8 10 ed MS,Dl~9,I 4, 16 Octo r, 1895.
13 71 retut!st to I!dra up B 1i,."le ..1::"11 , Hl'S . indeyer" , n
she did Bu , said it "wa. ell ~r ('ted . d ~ltered v ry 1itt ( •
\-h tevcr the extent ('If r yo b.f L \.::~:~cc, th", re i.. 0 co t th t
h"r connection fiB ut ficiE.ntly clo~e t o ~r<nt lor np oint -
!:lent '1'1 tl, the Honourabl Artl,"ur Renwick , ~~ mcbor 0 11 e
Le r'isl!'.ti ve Council ,Miss .F.a .. ~y StU .... l~t,( the first La y Visitor) t
J L dy All n , ell 1 os ~r
Iil~ n ?romin~nt in ?arlirune tary circles, to the
Rellof Bocrd . The ".repI.Jndc.· n.e f ladies on
t.he eafe 'Ii U. hieh thoy .e1'O !lP.ointe , deClonstr t d v J
effectively th~ extent t.o ;hi ch th~y or no aee p~ d in ~~o
or rulis~ tion of t...n impo!'t 'nti cht.i.ri bltl llnd goverr. .... cnt at o'
orgc:lis' tic·n . ~ually i.a te~' still.!" i s th f ect o,t
i j ed1e. toljt l ady . i. it'? i th sui ns or 1.0
ap ointed in 'both oi ty d co v try area to ov so t .8 sys
i th th f the State C ildre ' 0 Relief Bil ) ,
P rkes IS id-veryt l.ng 111 , there 0 our in t 1 to obtJ n the devcted rv c of 1 di ,to
keep con t nt mlper'fl'i ion ove!" the c ilA;- n ho r bo rd d cut . 21.
19 ........ e ....... l ... no:.;,o .. B:;.Iy ... A;.;,r...;,.P .... ' __ :..- 1 Unca logu d H$ t>159, I
20. 288 ~y Vi~J_t r iven i n th rticl
' _~~~' :01 . 4,1965 the ~e~ic. Be rd of
•
elf RITA LE uRGN1ISt\TI0NS
The ten years between 1880 and 1800 are net, on e
'ntolo prolific of ne char1~~ le orgardc. titns an thoze t t
woro fo!"t:.u-l, the women 's br f' ch of the Society for Prevention
of Cruelty to An1mnls nc t ho Girls' riendly ''''ociety for
e . ple, ei thor were not conn cted t "l lOW societies or did
not br ak any ne ground. After 1890, hO\'Jev r, numoor ot
organisations v ry largely dependent on w • did eomo into
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existence. O\:1:1e , such llS tho Fre h 11r Leuf;ll Ill'!d the "Kinder-
garten Union quite definitely re ·d advanc in tre 80ci
\'lork of the e rIler purlod. Other, inolu'ing the titu •
of I?on.volent f ociotios which \tore fo::~ed in tho S dn y uhur:l
.'Jnc1 the large country to a, absorbed the Oller 1e of n gr t
m ny more wwen, hUe ho pit 1 bo %'de t ero f-t at nd
P ddin.gton utom tically included en s a social "1 t L"ld
as orcaniBatl a • ets. Later, they ployoo th on th staff.
roan n played n lnrge part on hoapi 1 bonrds, th uGh they 0
not for scme t e lang r, ccep t Sydney Rasp! 1 or tho
Roy u Print'e Alfred.
'l'be leaO's 1"0 rked tho be 1nnin of n curi s 11 ttl
~riod v .en iddle 01 as 1.1 s and tl on ho~d out s at
It-aonaciaua helping hun~s to orking cla .en ' ionen
thro tho med1.um of inet1tutes, club d labour 'bul- aux.
Vic &Up rt u. lly t , for a e of the L1 l'ers,
enter inment ~t ~ cial Gov t R P rties.
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t/en.' ~ Ir.otltute, thb :· t»t·k.ing Boyst Glu.) l t .0011 011100100,
which ccncentr,.te\~ • €l:lvl1y on 20018.1 ctlvitle 22
off tre strcatEJ, anc the No\\'s-]oys' Briga fJ .
keep boys
All those
in /' generally h1t h mo 1 atmosphere, th off-duty lf
of members could be E:lup9rviood b7 group which fo red the rival
att ct1ens of unbl1ng shops and hotGla. In ome org era
there Vi' S g uine sens of the in tell ctu 1 and sro
in the 11 voe of oe.ny of t , e clu J:lI ber r.: d this they ho d
to remedy. In the cas of tho f cwry Girls l Club, board
and lodgings also provided. T} is club d its counterpart
in En~13nd d the Un! ted Sta tas
fo,r social lite end intoll ot 1 1scuaslon,
bo rding houae . The Factory Girls ' Club be' l-ch 1tab 9
org ni tion , V~~J II up orted ~ a B ~rd ot Governor on which 23
thft S ens fUl!lily e w .
This little club - s largely th 1nepirationof .nd the Rev. " d !~iJ . : ct.;i~ . .1 e. co cted
aments Christ l n T per ~e Unlcu~
23. The Cl ub clo d own in 1906.
• Jeff ria tb the
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I ts affairs :~l"'9 ke ~t in the public eye by fro eot
tier.! and uJ .n nnual ball attendod , the Gov mOl".
Lady Th:Lrley, wife of ~lr Fredericl~ Derley) 1 t or Chi ef Jus tic
physif'..al cul.ure lind simple entertaining.
t.~e S'~? 10rt of t'le CCUUW "'3S of Jfil1:CCY , a s 0. 1 bour u,
It absorbed
Guild ""an shv'd;, lived and during its e::'l(istenc " fre uentl" 24.
a t eked, no bly by the LET alld THE ,OlIJ.N.
pr~pers , the Gulld e.o f!. threet t o au'Sll r 1cer in () oral
beCt:.uce of th emallness of th
In tUs respect the GuUd hnd cote d a touc y fi 1d •
It could, under no eire s c a, be consider d let cur PS
th F otory G1rl t Club, did offer
uch 8Si8 Cs t n work.er at th1 tin, if no
th th trade union did.
24. A 8 ort-l ived journal hllr-} d in S7:mey in th 1890' 0 .
25. It h&ld number or Qcmrl.t t_e ' 0 'ttingo e. t GOVEll nt ouee hich G 1 t particularly SU01"Gct in L UI- a.rea.
,
,
7
In tha rlY' 90 ' e wen"'o k u p oth r cue, g
which "e8 kinderg l-ten tr. min , ~ Bel' t ey h d .8
c p19t field to t. am '~lv ti a.1 t.~( u'" it s ni. of l' ro
bof01'O t.l e1r v; rk " t.: hol ch arted~ adopted r1 cop1 by e
