Benevolent Society of New South Wales

Nonprofit or Charity

An early charitable society, founded in 1818, that became one of Sydney's largest health and welfare providers.

Milestones

Formed

1818

Occupations

Hall, Edward Smith

1818

Positions

Sutherland, John

Hutchinson, William

Committee member

Broughton, Thomas Stafford

1843

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1846

Medical practitioner

Renwick, Arthur

1862

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1877

Taylor, Allen Arthur

1909

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1913

Benevolent Society and Asylum

by Terri McCormack, 2008

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The Benevolent Society, and the asylum (and later hospitals, clinics and aged care centres) it ran, provided care and sustenance to Sydney's poorest from the 1820s. Although it was founded under the auspices of the Colonial Auxiliary Bible Society, it gradually became a secular, independent non-profit organisation.
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