Sydney University Women's Sports Association.

Also known as
S.U.W.S.A.
Sydney University Women's Sports Association. (1910-)
Function
Sporting Organisation
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The Sydney University Women's Sports Association (SUWSA) was established on August 5, 1910 when twenty-four women committed to 'further the interests of sport among University women' by becoming 'full active members during the season 1911'. The action was prompted by the continual refusal of the Sydney University (men's) Sports Union, founded in 1890, to admit the women rowers, tennis and hockey players, to their membership. Effectively, this meant that the women had no access to facilities, including University playing fields; the men did not want any 'Newtown Tarts' using the Sports Union's Oval. Consequently, the concerned women undergraduates, who included Jessie Lillingston (Street) amongst their number, decided that a united body of sportswomen, speaking as one, would have a louder voice and therefore more chance of acquiring the facilities they needed. Once incorporated, the organisation received received moral and financial support from senior women in the University and some interested men amongst the lecturing staff. From these beginnings, the SUWSA grew in membership and effectiveness, always retaining its underlying aims of : providing women with a democratic, balanced schedule of physical activity, responding to the needs of its members, providing facilities and equipment to support all women, not just elit athletes, creating opportunities for all students to exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Changing social, political and economic contexts that accompanied the new millennium made it difficult for the SUWSA to continue in its historic form. The year 2002 marked the end of the SUSWA and the beginning of a new era for Sport at Sydney University. In a meeting on 3 September 2002, members agreed to combine with the Sydney University Sports Union to create a new body called Sydney University Sport. Said the Executive Director at the time, Ann Mitchell, 'some may have had regrets [about the decision] but combining reseources was seen as the best way forward.'

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Newtown Tarts: A history of the Sydney University Women's Sports Association 1910-1995
    Lilienthal, Sonja
    [1997]
    Published: Allen and Unwin
  2. She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2007]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html
  3. University of Sydney, Archives: Papers of the Sydney University Women's Sports Association (1910 - )
    The papers of this organisation are currently (in January 2007) in two locations. The University of Sydney Archives House the bulk of the material created between 1910 and 1996. Material created after 1996 is held at Sydney University Sports Union. Those interested in using the collection should contact the reference archivist for information.

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