The Country Women's Association Hostel, Dubbo was opened by the Dubbo Country Women's Association around 1945. It was a boarding hostel to help girls attend secondary school, and closed around 1958.
Country Women's Association Hostel, Dubbo was opened after a Country Women's Association member, Mrs Matthew Robinson, donated a house in memory of her husband. The Hostel was previously owned by the Presbyterian Church, from which they operated a hostel for boys called St Andrew's Presbyterian Hostel.
Sources used to compile this entry: Townsend, Helen, Serving the country : the history of the Country Women's Association of New South Wales, Doubleday, Sydney, 1988.
Prepared by: Naomi Parry
Created: 17 May 2013, Last modified: 14 February 2018
Last updated: 4 August 2023
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