Adelaide - Clubs, Societies and Associations
Young Women's Christian Association
A Young Woman's Institute is proposed in the Register on
2 August 1881, page 4f; also see
13 October 1881, page 6f,
5 November 1881, page 5a,
7 and 20 November 1882, pages 2a (supp.) and 6b,
29 November 1883, page 5b,
3 and 6 December 1884, pages 4g-6d and 7c,
14 July 1885, page 5a-d,
Observer,
11 November 1882, page 8c,
15 October 1884, page 5c,
Express,
15 October 1884, page 5a,
3 December 1884, page 6b,
Chronicle,
2 August 1884, page 16a.
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[It] will have a strong counteracting influence to deal with in the numerous
dancing saloons in the city... parents should take warning at this... Any
low character may open a dancing saloon, keep it open from sundown to sunrise
with the usual accompaniments of rowdyism to the annoyance of peaceable citizens,
and the downfall of many a young girl from the path of virtue...
(Its collapse in 1885 is reported in the Register, 14 July, page 5a-d.)
meeting of the Young Women's Christian Association is reported in the Register,
19 November 1886, pages 5b-6e. Also see
Advertiser,
8 May 1900, page 4e,
12 July 1900, page 6e,
Register,
17 July 1902, page 6f,
28 September 1903, page 4d,
27 and 28 September 1904, pages 4d and 6g (history of),
Advertiser,
28 September 1904, page 6c,
1 October 1906, page 6c.
The YWCA's 50th anniversary is reported upon in the Register, 23 March 1905, page 3i.
Also see Register,
28 October 1905, page 6d,
27 September 1907, page 6d,
22 September 1908, page 4d,
26 March 1909, page 6h,
18 June 1909, page 7e,
12 October 1909, page 6g,
1 November 1909, page 7d,
23 April 1914, page 6f,
13 June 1914, page 7f,
8 July 1914, page 6g.
Photographs of a sports day are in the Chronicle,
31 October 1914, page 28.
An obituary of Miss Louisa A. Pasqualin is in the Register, 8 October 1888, page 5c.
Information on the YWCA orchestra is in the Register, 28 June 1911, page 5e.
An obituary of the association's president, Mrs Charles Birks, is in the Register,
4 October 1911, page 7a,
Observer,
7 October 1911, page 39b.
A photograph of the laying of the foundation stone of a new building is in The Critic, 15 July 1914, page 22.
"What the YWCA Is Doing" is in the Chronicle,
13 January 1912, page 45a.
Register,
15 December 1914, page 4d.
"Mothering Girls - The YWCA at Work" is in the Observer, 26 October 1918, page 20b.
"YWCA Girls' Week" is in the Register,
14 and 15 June 1920, pages 6f and 8a;
its jubilee is reported in The News,
11 and 17 January 1929, pages 6e and 12c,
Advertiser,
16 January 1929, page 17a; also see
7 June 1929, page 19a.
Biographical details of Miss Dorothy Kentish are in the Register,
10 June 1925, page 10f,
of Miss Irene Glasson, secretary, in the Observer,
18 February 1928, page 50c,
of Misses Elsie M. Griffin and Winifred Carruthers on
3 November 1928, page 6f.
"YWCA Deny Exploitation of Unemployed Girls" is in the Observer, 13 November 1930, page 51d.
"Hostel for YWCA Visitors" is in the Advertiser, 11 May 1937, page 7g.
A history of the association is in the Advertiser, 7 July 1937, page 10d.
