The Australian Women's Register

The Methodist Ladies’ College in Malvern, South Australia, was opened on Saturday 12 April 1902. The college moved to the Way College building in Wayville for the beginning of the 1904 school year.

In 1977 the school was renamed Annesley College after the Congregational Union of Australia, the Methodist Church of Australasia and the Presbyterian Church of Australia merged to form the Uniting Church.

In 1977 Methodist Ladies’ College Adelaide became Annesley College after the Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches merged to form the Uniting Church.

The Wesleyan Ladies’ College was opened on 27 January 1886.

In 1979 Methodist Ladies’ College Launceston merged with Oakburn College and Scotch College to form Scotch Oakburn College.

The foundation stone for the Methodist Ladies’ College in Claremont, Western Australia, was laid by His Excellency the Governor on Friday 8 November 1907. A year later the school was opened with 54 students enrolled under headmistress Miss Edith James.

St Gabriel’s School was renamed the Church of England Girls’ Grammar School in 1933.

The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) became active in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1885 and by 1888 the movement had spread to Launceston.

During the 1930s, the Hobart branch of the YWCA dis-affiliated itself from the national movement.

Founded by Cam Nguyen, the inaugural meeting of the Australian Vietnamese Women’s Association (AVWA) was held on 15 January 1983.

Previously called the Australian Vietnamese Women’s Welfare Association, the word ‘Welfare’ was dropped from the name of the organisation in 2007.

The Women’s Progressive Association was formed by Annie Golding and her two sisters, Belle and Kate, in 1901. The Association had broken away from the Women’s Suffrage League and was more closely aligned with the labour movement and the concerns of working class women and their families.

The West Australian Association of Polish Women was established in 1969 and incorporated in 1973. Since their inception, the Association has provided services for people from a variety of diverse backgrounds.

Sisters Publishing Ltd was established in 1979 by five female publishers: Diana Gribble, Hilary McPhee, Sally Milner, Anne O’Donovan and Joyce Nicholson. As a feminist company they published works by and for women, and also had a mail-order organisation called Sisters Bookclub.

Originally founded by Dr James Graham in 1893 in Hay Street, the Women’s Hospital moved to Crown Street, Surry Hills, in 1897. The Board of the Women’s Hospital met for the first time on 13 August 1895.

From 1900, Crown Street became a teaching hospital in obstetrics for medical students at the University of Sydney. By 1943, the hospital had become the largest maternity hospital in the state.

The Crown Street Women’s Hospital closed on 31 March 1985.

The Unemployed Girls Relief Movement was established by Muriel Heagney and Jessie Henderson in 1930. The Movement existed for two years and throughout this time it successfully supplied work and other services to between 10,000 and 12,000 women.

In 1951 the Adelaide High School was split to form the Adelaide Boys’ High School and the Adelaide Girls’ High School.

The schools were amalgamated again in 1976 after a drop in enrolment numbers caused by the re-zoning of high schools in the metropolitan area and changes in the demography of the city. By 1979 all of the students were housed at the West Terrace Campus.

The Victorian Women Citizens’ Movement was established in 1922 for the purpose of lobbying for women’s right to stand for the Victorian Parliament.

In August 1945, the League of Women Electors, the Victorian Women Citizens’ Movement and Women for Canberra merged to become the League of Women Voters.

In 1902 “Merton Hall” was purchased by the Church of England, and henceforth the school was known as the Melbourne Church of England Girls Grammar School.

In 1893, Misses Hensley and Taylor purchased a red-brick house in Domain Road, South Yarra, for the purpose of establishing a school, which they named Merton Hall. Due to overcrowding, a new school was built on Anderson Street, South Yarra, and the buildings were officially opened on 16 December 1900.

In 1902 Merton Hall was purchased by the Church of England. Merton Hall was retained as the name of the boarding-house only, with the school renamed as the Church of England Girls Grammar School.

The Advanced School for Girls opened in Adelaide in 1879. It was the first state secondary school for girls in Australia.

In early 1908 the Advanced School for Girls amalgamated with the Pupil Teacher School and the Grote Street Model School to form the Adelaide Continuation School. The school was renamed Adelaide High School in July of the same year.

In 1951 the school was split into two parts to form the Adelaide Boys’ High School and the Adelaide Girls’ High School.

Officially launched on 20 April 2018, ‘Women in Film & Television Australia (WIFT Australia) is a Not-For-Profit organisation dedicated to achieving gender equality in the Australian screen industry through research, advocacy, education and support for female-identifying screen industry practitioners.’

The Queen Adelaide Club was founded in 1909 by Mrs Margaret Annie Box. The Club, which was named after Queen Adelaide, was established as ‘an exclusive residential club for social and non-political purposes’.

Previously known as the School for Mothers Institute and Baby Health Centre, The Mothers’ and Babies’ Health Association (MBHA) was officially established in c.1927. The aim of the Association was to reduce infant mortality by providing expert advice to mothers. During the 1930s and 1950s the Association was known for having baby health trains which took clinics to small, isolated communities. In 1980 the MBHA was renamed the Child, Adolescent and Family Health Services and in 1995, it was renamed again to Child and Youth Health.

The Adelaide School for Mothers was established in 1909 by Dr Helen Mayo and Miss Harriet Stirling. In 1915 the school was incorporated and renamed the School for Mothers’ Institute Inc.

The School for Mothers Institute Inc. was renamed the School for Mothers Institute and Baby Health Centre in 1921. It was again renamed in 1927 to the Mothers’ and Babies’ Health Association.

Formerly the Adelaide School for Mothers, the School for Mothers’ Institute Inc. was established in 1915 after the original organisation became incorporated. In 1921 the School was renamed the School for Mothers’ Institute and Baby Health Centre.