HISTORY
Where it began
1926 – Mrs Mary Warnes, founder of SACWA in South Australia, established the first branch in Burra, called the Country Women's Service Association.
HISTORY
1928 –
Branches
Now in Spalding, Mount Gambier, and a Metropolitan branch. The Metropolitan branch formed by women living in Adelaide who had once lived in rural SA.
1929 –
Mrs C E Dolling
Joined and remained with SACWA for 40 years and in 1967 through a donation made by her son the Dorothy Dolling Trust was established for rural education grants.
1933 –
First Constitution
First Constitution of the SACWA adopted.
1939 –
Handicraft Schools commenced.
1946 –
Dolling Court
at Unley purchased for country families to visit wounded service men.
1951 –
Purchase of property
at 30 Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town for Accommodation and State Office.
1953 –
SACWA
magazine first published.
1954 –
Home for the aged
in Clare opened.
1955 –
Mt Lofty bushfires
occurred, and a sub-committee formed to organise SACWA help for those who suffered great loss.
1963 –
Mary Walker House
(office building) opened by the Premier Sir Thomas Playford.
1968 –
Dorothy Dolling Trust
established.
1969 –
Provision of baby packages
to maternity hospitals across South Australia then to APY lands.
1969 –
307 branches
1972 –
SACWA Family Emergency Aid Fund
established.
1978 –
Accommodation
expanded at 30 Dequetteville Terrace for members and public.
1938
First Constitution
68 Branches
1984 –
Dialysis machine
donated to Port Augusta hospital.
1985-1988
Donations
to childhood cancer, cystic fibrosis, and Queen Victoria hospital equipment.
1998 –
Commercial kitchen
in service at Dequetteville Terrace accommodation.
SACWA continues to support the South Australian community.
1929 –
Name change
Name was changed from Burra Country Women’s Service Association to South Australia Country Womens Association.