From

1885
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

To

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Occupations

Philanthropic organisation

Summary

The Lady Musgrave Lodge Committee was the initiative of a group of Brisbane women who felt that there was a need to provide a good home for working women and girls in Brisbane. The committee raised and administered funding to support the lodge where respectable young women could 'take rest or board while waiting a new situation.' Primarily designed to be a first port of call for young emigrant women arriving in the colony, it was also a place to stay for local working women and girls between jobs. It was named for its first patron, Queensland Governor's wife, Lady Lucinda Musgrave.

Sources used to compile this entry: Papers of the Lady Musgrave Lodge Committee, 1887 - 1922, 6745/R382; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland; Papers relating to Lady Musgrave Lodge Committee.