KarraKatta Club. (1894-)

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Author Monica Starke writes in the publication The Alexandra Club: "The honour of being the first women's club in Australia belongs to the Karrakatta Club, founded in Perth in 1894… The inspiration for the club came from Dr Emily Ryder, a visiting American who was so impressed by the standard of the books studied by the St George's Reading Circle and the members' ability in debate that she suggested the formation of a club modelled on the Education Clubs that were popular with American women. A well-attended meeting, convened by two distinguished members of the teaching profession, unanimously voted to form a club on the lines explained to them by Dr Ryder. Sociability would not have been ruled out as an aim but Dr Ryder obviously envisaged an active role in public affairs for the new club since she warned that 'ridicule would be cast on the club but they must make up their minds to live down opposition and ignore ridicule'. With this attractive future predicted for it the Karrakatta Club set off bravely with thirty-eight foundation members and four departments: hygiene, literature, arts and, as an afterthought, because of the continuing battle for the enfranchisement of women, legal and educational."

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Karrakatta Club, incorporated : history, 1894-1954
    Published: Karrakatta Club
  2. 'In the thick of every battle for the cause of Labor' : the voluntary work of the Labor women's organisations in Western Australia, 1900-1970
    Oliver, Bobbie
    [2001]
  3. Heredity and environmentpaper read at Karrakatta Women's Club 9 : Heredity and environment
    [Jull, Roberta]
    [1899]
    Published: Upham & Edwards
  4. The Alexandra Club : A Narrative 1903-1983
    Starke, Monica
    [1986]
    Published: Alexandra Club
  5. [Editorial praising the Karrakatta Club for its suggestions as to how the Queen's Diamond Jubilee can be celebrated.]West Australian : [Editorial praising the Karrakatta Club for its suggestions as to how the Queen's Diamond Jubilee can be celebrated.]
    [1897]
  6. JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia: Records, 1894-1981 [manuscript] (1894 - 1981)
    First women's club in Australia, founded in Perth in 1894. Constitution (1894); minutes (1894-1981); correspondence and files (1897-1954); invitations (1899-1944, mostly 1899-1902); manuscripts on history of the Club; newspaper cuttings (1894-1944); other miscellaneous records.
    MN 877
  7. JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia: Letter from Mrs Phoebe Holmes to Mrs Gavan Duffy, 23 December 1923 about the Karrakatta Club (1923)
    Manuscript. Includes photograph of part of the Karrakatta Club.
    PR6130
  8. JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia: Women's Service Guilds of Western Australia Records (1896 - 1959)
    Minute books (1913-1956); annual conference files (1936-1952); general correspondence files (1914-1952); subject files on political, social and moral issues (e.g. immigration, native welfare, maternal welfare); reports on various issues relating to women.
    ACC 1949A
  9. JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia: Jull, Roberta Henrietta Margaritta, 1872-1961, Papers [manuscript] (1899 - 1956)
    Notes, articles and talks on a range of topics, including histories of the Karrakatta Club, Western Australian Branch of the British Medical Association, and the Western Australian Association of University Women; manuscript and typescript copy of Short sketch career of Roberta H.M. Hull; 2 photographs.
    MN 41

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