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Louisa Lawson, aged 50 c1898

By
John Hubert Newman
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a421024 / DL PX 158, 24]
(Dixson Library)

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Newman, John Hubert

State Library of New South Wales

The School of Arts movement

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, about 140 schools of arts or mechanics' institutes were established in Sydney by volunteers. They were independent community organisations, assisted by a small government subsidy, and they thrived as centres of local community life. Today, their legacy in Sydney is more than just the surviving buildings. Out of these humble voluntary operations developed the local public library, the modern community or neighbourhood centre, and formal systems of adult and technical education.

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Feminism

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Lawson, Louisa

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Writer, newspaper proprietor and advocate for women's rights and womanhood suffrage.