As I proceed with my slow trawl through the National Archives of Australian Church Women, I continue to gather unanswered questions and puzzles that create gaps in our herstory. However, I feel confident that some of the documents and information that I cannot locate are still in existence, but I need others, particularly members of ACW, to help locate ‘the lost’.
I have made a number of requests already on this blog regarding the herstories of Australian Church Women, the Asian Church Women’s Conference and the Fellowship of the Least Coin. These are listed below and if you can help with these requests please email me at donna.bryan@salvationarmy.org.au
1. Do you know the Christian names of the following women who were on the 1965 Working Committee of Australian Church Women?
Mrs Doratis, Greek Orthodox
Mrs A Dougan, Presbyterian
Mrs CF Gribble, Methodist
Mrs HJ Lilley, Methodist
Mrs F Stafford, Churches of Christ
2. Do you have a photograph of Mrs Mabel Wyllie or the first National Working Committee of Australian Church Women?
3. Do you have a copy or know the whereabouts of a 'Pictorial History of the ACW' prepared by Mrs Joan Coates of Melbourne? Apparently, it comprised 50 colour slides and a cassette tape recording.
4. Do you have a photo of Connie Tan Kwie Hwa of Indonesia, the first recipient of the Winifred Kiek Scholarship?
5. Do you know the location of any reports from Edna [Roughley] Beales on the 1962 Asian Church Women’s Conference?
6. Do you know of any photos from the 1962 Asian Church Women’s Conference?
7. Do you know of any sound or video recordings of Shanti Solomon, founder of the Fellowship of the Least Coin (FLC)?
Every few weeks I will post a list of requests on this blog, and I am so looking forward to being able to write FOUND next to some of these items.
Dear ACW sisters, please have a look in your Unit Archives for answers to these blog requests and also speak to the older and past members of your Unit. You never know what treasures you’ll be able to discover for our herstory.
