• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE1011

Bensusan, Julia

( – 1970)
  • Died 1 January, 1970, Sydney New South Wales Australia
  • Occupation Charity worker

Summary

Julia Bensusan was founding secretary of the Sydney Foundling Institution, later renamed the Infants’ Home, Ashfield. She served on the Board from 1874 until her death in 1878. All members of the first committee were described as ‘ women of prominence in Australia… who tried to use their influence to improve social conditions’.

Published resources

  • Book
    • Betrayed and forsaken: the official history of the Infants' Home, Ashfield, founded in 1874 as the Sydney Foundling Institution, Lorne-Johnson, Susan, 2001
  • Resource

Archival resources

  • Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection
    • Mrs Julia R. Bensusan scrapbook, 1862-1878

Related entries


  • Secretary
    • Infants' Home (Ashfield, New South Wales) (1874 - )

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