• Entry type: Organisation
  • Entry ID: AWE2255

South Australian Women’s Amateur Sports Council

(From 1953 – )
  • Occupation Sporting Organisation

Summary

The South Australian Women’s Amateur Sports Council was established with financial and administrative assistance from the National Fitness Council to promote the interests of sportswomen in South Australia, and to help formulate “a common policy on planning and development for women’s sport”. One of its most important initiatives, in cooperation with the National Fitness Council of South Australia, was the establishment of the Women’s Memorial Playing Fields on the corner of Shepherds Hill Road and Ayliffes Road, St. Marys.

Published resources

Archival resources

  • State Library of South Australia
    • Papers relating to the National Fitness Council of South Australia
    • South Australian Women's Memorial Playing Fields Trust : SUMMARY RECORD
  • State Records of South Australia
    • Miscellaneous records - National Fitness Council↵National Fitness Council records↵National Fitness Council records

Related entries


  • Related Organisations
    • National Fitness Council of South Australia (1939 - 1975)
  • President
    • Mills, May (1890 - 1984)
  • Related Concepts
    • Women in Sport