• Entry type: Organisation
  • Entry ID: AWE4300

Sydney University Women’s Society

(From 1891 – )
  • Occupation Philanthropic organisation, Social support organisation

Summary

The Sydney University Women’s Society was established in 1891 with the object of assisting “anyone requiring and deserving help”.

Among other activities, members of the Society worked at Lewisham Hospital, Newington asylum for aged women, the Woolloomooloo girls’ club and the Harrington Street night school for girls at Millers Point.

Today the re-named Sydney University Settlement Neighbourhood Centre works primarily with the Aboriginal community and other disadvantaged groups in Chippendale, Redfern, Darlington and Waterloo.

Events

  • 1908

    Settlement House was opened, with Sarah Evans becoming the first resident Settler

  • 1913

    The Society was renamed the Sydney University Settlement.

  • 1925

    The University Settlement purchased a property at Chippendale with the financial assistance of Dorette (Dorothea) Margarethe Maccallum and her

  • 1959

    The Society was incorporated under the Sydney University Settlement Incorporation Act.

  • 1973

    Under considerable financial pressure, the University Settlement became a neighbourhood centre.

Archival resources

  • University of Sydney, Archives
    • S32 Settlement
    • MacCallum, Lady

Published resources

  • Book
    • Pioneer Women Graduates of the University of Sydney 1881-1921, Bygott, Ursula and Cable, Kenneth John, 1985
    • The Settlement: a history of the University of Sydney Settlement and the Settlement Neighbourhood Centre, 1891-1986, Williams, Roma, 1988
  • Resource

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    • The Women's Club (1901 - )
  • Member
    • Muscio, Florence Mildred (1882 - 1964)
  • President
    • Fidler, Isabel Margaret (1869 - 1952)
    • Barff, Jane Foss (1863 - 1937)
  • Membership
    • MacCallum, Dorette Margarethe (Dorothea) (1863 - 1952)
    • Macdonald, Louisa (1858 - 1949)