Philanthropists
Adam, John Shedden (1824-1906) Presbyterian and governance philanthropist
Armstrong, Andrew Bell (1811-1872) Founder of the Sunday Morning Breakfast for the poor
Balbirnie, Arthur (1815-1891) Charity Collector
Bowie Sisters: Louisa (1834-1884), Jessie (1836-1906), Catherine (1838-1918), and Elizabeth (1840-1922) Ragged School Teachers
Briggs, William (1828 – 1910) and Charlotte Sarah neé Nicholson (1820-1879) Maitland Benevolent Society
Brown, Isabella (1858-1932) Ragged School Teacher
Carroll, Alan (1827-1911), Doctor, Scientist, Philanthropist, Fabricator and Liar
Comrie, James (1816-1902) Literary Philanthropist
Crane, William (1826-1914) Magistrate and Philanthropist
Druce, James (1829-1891) Charity Collector
Druce, William (1827-1925) & Hannah (1829-1909) Sydney City Missionary & Temperance Advocate and Sydney Night Refuge & Reformatory Manager
Ellis, Marie (1843-1907) The Relationship of Marie Ellis and Frances Levvy
Gent, Catherine (Kate) nee Danne (1835-1899) Teacher and Vocational Philanthropist
Gilchrist, Archibald (1843-1896), servant of Christ
Gilder, Sherrington Alexander (1828-1902) and the commencement in NSW of the education of persons with deafness
Goodlet, Ann Alison (1822-1903) Presbyterian Philanthropist and missions promoter
Goodlet, Elizabeth Mary nee Forbes (1854-1926) Missions activist and Presbyterian
Goodlet, John Hay (1835-1914) Presbyterian Philanthropist, Timber Merchant and Manufacturer
Goold, Samuel (1820-1899) Congregationalist, Bookseller and Temperance Advocate
Gordon, Abraham S (1866-1936) Art Union Fund Raiser, Canvasser and Author
Harrison, James Start (1837-1902) Accountant and Governance Philanthropist
Joy, Edward (1816-1898) Pastoralist and Ragged School Philanthropist
Kent, John (1843-1916) Accountant and YMCA Supporter
Langley, John Douse (1836-1930) Founder of the Church Labour Home
Lee, Henry Brougham Richard (1831-1883) The City Night Refuge and Soup Kitchen Manager
Levvy, Frances Deborah (1831-1924) Women’s Branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Lentz, George Augustus Frederick (1797-1883) Convict conman, Architect and co-founder of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Sydney
Lewis, Sharp Hutchinson (1830-1921) Glover and an early Secretary of the YMCA Sydney
Mailer, John Nicholson (1825-1892) Depository for the Religious Tract and Book Society
Malbon, Martha (1820-1901) Matron of the Sydney Female Refuge
Marshall, Mary (1756-1849) and Robert Sidaway (1758-1809) Sydney’s first philanthropists?
Mills, John (1829-1880) wholesale grocer and governance philanthropist.
Neale, John Thomas (1823-1897) and Hannah Maria Bull (1825-1911) Financial Philanthropists
Nightingale, Charles (1795-1860) Charity Collector
Owen-Smith, Fanny (1859-1932) Ragged School Teacher
Paterson, Violet (1871-1948) Ragged School Teacher
Pattison, Thomas (1805-1899) Coach Painter and Founder of the Deaf and Dumb Institute, Sydney
Paxton, Joseph (1828-1882) Miner, Musician, Philanthropist and Churchman
Phillips, Henry (1829-1884) and Margaret Thomson (neé Stobo) (1852-1892) and the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institution
Pinhey, William Townley (1820-1895) and the Benevolent Society of the Blues
Price, Isabella (1830 – 1920) Consumptive Hospital Matron
Ramsay, Edward (1818-1894) Charity Collector
Reeve, Thomas Parker (1824-1913) Methodist, financial, governance and spiritual philanthropist
Roberts, Thomas (1805-1871) Missionary and Artist
Roberts, Mary (1808-1890) Matron, Sydney Female Refuge
Roberts, Mary nee Muckle (1804-1885) Property holder, Philanthropist and Publican.
Robinson, Ellis Frederick Leathwick (1839-1905) for 41 years Secretary of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Institution
Robinson, Frederick Ropier (1815-1899) Ironmonger and for 38 years a member of Deaf and Dumb and Blind Institution
Rolin, Thomas Bately (1827-1899) Governance Philanthropist
Stanger-Leaves, Wilhelmina Logan (1826-1919); philanthropist in Bowral and beyond
Sidaway, Robert (1758-1809) and Mary Marshall (1756-1849) Sydney’s first philanthropists?
Sidney, John (1846-1916) Charity Secretary
Simpson, William Henry (1834-1922), Saddler, Mason, Local Government – a governance philanthropist
Smith, Professor John (1821-1885): Theosophical Dabbler or Devotee?
Torning, Andrew (1814-1900) a not very useful addition?
Tuting, George Collison (1814-1892), an aspiring but ordinary nineteenth-century colonist
Walker, David (1839-1915) Secretary of Sydney YMCA and vocational philanthropist
Walker, Jane Steel nee Hart (1832-1870) wife of businessman and philanthropist Thomas Walker of Yaralla.
Walker, Thomas (1804-1886) Businessman, Banker and Philanthropist
Watson, Samuel (1842-1911) Superintendent Deaf and Dumb and Blind Institution, Sydney
Philanthropic Organisations and Issues
Home Visiting and Relief Society
House of the Good Shepherd; more light on the founders of The House of the Good Shepherd
Matrons of the NSW Deaf and Dumb and Blind Institution up to World War 1
New South Wales ‘secular’ education and the Public Schools League
Penny Banks in Colonial NSW: banking that sought to serve
Poverty, Unemployment, J D Langley and Stephen Garton
Public opinion and the provision of a Magdalen Asylum in Sydney
Sydney Magdalen Asylums: The almost unknown founders
Teachers of the Ragged Schools
The Australian Religious Tract Society
The members of the Sydney Female Refuge Society 1860 – 1900
The Model Lodging House Company of Sydney (Limited)
The Sydney Female Mission Home
The Sydney Female Refuge Society
The Sydney Female Refuge: some further reflections
The Sydney YMCA and World War I.
Women’s Branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
YMCA, Sydney The Commencement of the Young Men’s Christian Association, Sydney (YMCA)
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