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A new home for Women’s

Major Capital Campaign beginning in 1945

The official opening of the new College at St Lucia took place on Sunday 14 March 1959. Council President Russell Cuppaidge paid tribute to the devoted women of the Standing Committee who worked hard to raise funds for the new building. He also acknowledged the Bourne and Philp families for their generosity to the College, naming the wings within Old Wing (the building now known as the Sallyanne Atkinson Building) after these families.

"On 1 October 1949, The Women’s College became the first of the colleges to lay its foundation stone at St Lucia. The Premier, EM Hanlon, laid the stone and Freda Bage provided the dedication."

— The Women’s College: A Centenary History, p 87

A black and white photo of a small cottage, which was known as Warrawee and was specially built for The Women’s College.

Warrawee (ca. 1927) was specially built for The Women’s College. It and the other two houses formed the main accommodation at Kangaroo Point for the first 13 years of the College’s history.

A black and white photo of a two-storey building with a cottage-style facade.

Chislehurst, with the back of Oskarsholme to the left.

A black and white aerial photograph of three buildings surrounded by empty land and a river towards the back.

An aerial view of the College on the St Lucia campus (1958).

An old off-white piece of paper with blue text and a blue line drawing printed on the page.

The cover of the "Ceremony of the Laying of the Foundation Stone" program. The ceremony took place on Saturday 1 October 1949.