Skip to main content

Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney
Multimedia
From council chamber to kitchen 1938

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

From council chamber to kitchen 1938

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[PIX, 23 April 1938, p21 via Trove]

Search

Browse

Browse
- Artefacts
- Buildings
- Events
- Natural Features
- Organisations
- People
- Places
- Structures
- Entries
- Multimedia
- Subjects
- Roles
- Contributors

Connections

Subjects

Local government Politics Women

People

Fowler, Lillian

Artefacts

PIX

Organisation

Newtown Council

Places

Newtown

Footer

Home
About
Copyright
Blog
Facebook
Twitter

National Library of Australia

Women

Local government

Politics

Fowler, Lillian

full record »

Politician who served as the Member for Newtown from 1944 until 1950. She was the first female alderman in New South Wales and the first female Mayor in Australia, at Newtown Council from 1938 until 1939.

PIX

Popular culture magazine which feature a mix of scandal, sensationalism, human-interest stories, fashion, politics, culture and entertainment.

full record »

Newtown Council

Local government body which administered the municipality of Newtown, from its formation in 1862 until it was amalgamated into the City of Sydney in 1948.

full record »

Newtown

Inner-west suburb which developed along the main road south from Sydney. It became a prosperous shopping district in the late 19th century, and later a working-class and migrant suburb, now gentrified.

full record »