WOMEN LECTURERS IN MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA 1880-1905.

As part of the research for my MA thesis on itinerant lecturer, journalist and women's rights activist Miss HELEN HART, I examined the classified advertisement columns headed 'Meetings & Lectures' of 'The Age' newspaper of Melbourne Australia, for the period 1880-1905. To my surprise I found that the names of many women appeared in these advertisements - either as lecturer or as secretary or committee member of various organisations. I also examined the classified advertisements under the heading 'Religious Notices' for part of the 1880s, and found yet more women's names.

Clearly, there were many women involved in public life, and yet little has been written about most of them. I thought initially to include a chapter on some of these women in my thesis, but it became unnecessary as sufficient material emerged on Hart.

Rather than leave the information in a filing cabinet, however, I have placed the names of these women, and the subjects on which they spoke, on this webpage. As an independent researcher, I cannot afford to simply give the full detail away, so I ask a small fee to provide full details of the dates the advertisements for each individual women appeared.

The advertisements give a date and place of the lecture, and thus may lead to reports and further details of the women concerned. While most of the women were based in Melbourne, there are references to interstate and overseas visitors, and I have included this detail where possible.

The information supplied may be for one reference date only, or could refer to a number of dates, spread over several years. 'The Age' newspaper itself is widely available on microfilm. If you are interested in obtaining the full detail, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope if in Australia, or two International Reply Paid Coupons if overseas, together with payment of $Aust30, to: Helen D. Harris OAM, P.O. Box 92, Forest Hill, Australia, 3131. A big thank you to Annabel Anderson, who provided additional information on Helen Hart’s activities in Tasmania, and for whom I have no address.

NAME	TOPIC
a'BECKETT, Mrs. T.A.	Literature
ACKERMAN, Miss Jessie	Religion; Temperance
ADAM, Mrs. (Snr)	Spiritualism
ADELE, Madame	Spiritualism
ALLEN, Mrs.	Spiritualism
ALLEYN, Mrs.	Spiritualism
ANDREW, Mrs. (USA)	Religion
ANDREWS, Mrs. T.R.	Charity
ANNETTE, Madame	Spiritualism
ARCHER, Madame	Spiritualism
ARNOLD, Miss (from India)	Religion
ATKINSON, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
ATKINSON, Miss Jennie	Temperance
BAEYERTZ, Mrs.	Religion
BAKER, Mrs.	Travel
BALARD, Mrs. E.	Spiritualism
BALLOU, Mrs. Addie (USA)	Spiritualism; Women's Suffrage
BARBER, Mrs.	Temperance; Religion
BARBERY, Mrs.	Spiritualism
BARNETT, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
BARR, Mrs.	Spiritualism
BARRINGTON, Mrs. (B of A)	Politics
BARRY, Mrs.	Socialist
BARTLETT, Mrs.	Spiritualism
BEAR, Miss (Annette)	Re legal age of consent
BEAR, Miss (Annette)	Vigilance Association
BEAR CRAWFORD, Mrs. A.	Women's Suffrage
BEAUMONT, Mrs.	Spiritualism
BELL, Miss	Temperance
BENHAM, Mrs.	Spiritualism
BERNHARDT, Mrs.	Spiritualism
BESANT, Annie	Social Issues
BESANT SCOTT, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
BESANT SCOTT, Mrs.	Literature
BIDDULPH, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
BLACKBURN, Mrs.	Religion
BLAIR, Miss	Crimes Act Amendment Bill
BLAKELEY, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
BLISS, Miss (of Madagscar)	Religion
BOAS, Mrs.	Spiritualism
BODEN, Mrs. Fred.	Spiritualism
BON VESTE, Mde.	Spiritualism
BOOTH, Miss	Crimes Act Amendment Bill
BOOTH, Miss S.	Religion
BOWIE, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
BRADLEY, Mrs.	Spiritualism
BRAITHWAITE, Miss	Religion
BRANFORD, Eleanor M.	Warrawee Club
BRIDE, Mrs.	Religion; Temperance
BRIGHAM, Mrs. Helen Temple	Spiritualism
BRIGHT, Mrs. Charles	Spiritualism
BROADBENT, Miss	Temperance
BROKENSHIRE, Mrs.	Religion
BROMILOW, Mrs.	Religion
BROWN, Mrs. E.M.E. (N.S.W.)	Religion; Temperance
BROWN/BROWNE, Mrs. F.M.K.	Religion
BROWN, Miss M. Hirst	Austral Salon
BROWNE, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
BROWNLIE, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
BURBANK, Mrs. Ednott	Spiritualism; Health
BUSHNELL, Dr. Kate (USA)	Religion
BUTLER, Mrs.	Temperance
CAIN, Mrs.	Religion
CALVERT, Mrs.	Spiritualism
CAMPBELL, Mrs.	Health; Spiritualism
CAMPBELL MURET, Mrs.	Health
CARMICHAEL, Miss Jennings	Poet
CARTER, Mrs.	Warrawee Club
CARTER, Mrs. F.G.	Social Science Congress
CARTIN, Millie	Social Issues
CASTILLA, Dr. Amy	Warrawee Club
CEMP, Mrs.	Spiritualism
CHAINEY, Mrs. Kimball (USA)	Spiritualism
CHAPMAN, Tessie B.	Religion
CHESTERFIELD, Miss	Religion
CHESTERS, J.	Women's Suffrage
CLARKE, M. Helen	Politics
CLARKE WELLS, Mrs. L.	Health
COFFYN, Mrs. S.M.	Cookery, Health
COOKE, Mrs. (USA)	Spiritualism
COLEMAN, Mrs.	Temperance
COLLINS, Sister	Politics
COOMBS, Mrs. J.W.	Temperance
COOMBER, Mrs. (COOMBS?)	Temperance
CONNOLLY, Miss E.E.M.	Artist
CORTISSOS, Mrs.	Temperance
CRAWFORD, Mrs.	Temperance
CRUTCHFIELD, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
CUMMING, Miss	Temperance
CUTHBERTSON, Miss	Politics
DAVENPORT, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
DAVIES, Miss	Religion; Socialist
DAVIES, Miss	Women's Suffrage
DAVIES, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
DAVIES, Bessie	Women's Suffrage
DAY, Mrs.	Spiritualism
DEANE, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
DEARDEN SMITH, Mrs.	Spiritualism
DEMAIN-GRANGE, Mrs.	Philosophy
DENNIS, Mrs.	Readings
DERHAM, Miss Enid	Literary
DETTMER, Mrs. Emilie	Temperance
DETTRIES, Mrs.	Temperance
DEVONPORT, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
DICK, Miss (Elphinstone)	Health
DICKENS, Mrs.	Health
DICKENSON, Mrs. Sidney	Austral Salon
DICKSON, Miss	Spiritualism
DIGBY, Miss	Religion
DOERY, Miss	Religion
DOWNES, Mrs.	Vic. Society, re servants
DOWNING, Mrs.	Religion; Temperance
DRAKE, C.	Women's Suffrage
DREYFUS, Mademoiselle	French Literature
DUGDALE, Mrs. H.	Temperance; Women's Rights
DYER, Mrs.	Temperance
ECYDS, Mrs.	Spiritualism
EDGER, Miss Lilian (N.Z)	Religion
EDWARDS, Mrs.	Spiritualism
ELLIOTT, Mrs.	Temperance; Spiritualism
ELLIOTT, Mrs. Catherine	Women's Suffrage
ELLIS, Miss, (B of Arts)	Literature
ELLIS, Miss	Warrawee Club
EMBLING, Mrs. W.H.	Vic Society, re servants
FAULKNER, Miss (UK)	Religion
FERGUSON, Mrs. Thomas	Temperance; Religion
FINDLAY, Mrs.	Temperance
FINLAY, Miss	Health; Temperance
FOLGER, Mrs. A.L.	Health
FORD, Miss Ada	Religion
FORSTER, Mrs. Sadlier	Temperance; Religion; Health
FOWLER, Miss Jessie Allen	Phrenology; Temperance
FOYE, Mrs. Ada	Spiritualism
'FRANCESCA'	Poetry
FRASER, Miss	Literary
FRYER, Mrs.	Discharged F. Prisoners Society
FULLERTON, Miss	Politics
GATENSON, Mrs.	Socialist
GAUNT, Miss G.E.	Health
GEACH, M.G.	Warrawee Club
GIBSON, Mrs.	Temperance
GILL, Miss Frances Tyrrell-	Poetry
GLENNON, Miss	Health
GLENNY, Mrs. (Auckland NZ)	Religion
GODWIN SMITH, Miss	Literary
GOLDSTEIN, Miss	Women's Suffrage
GOLDSTEIN, Miss	Social Issues
GOLDSTEIN, Mrs.	Charity Conference
GOOCH, Miss	Travel
GORDON, Mrs.	Spiritualism
GOUGH, Mrs. Evelyn	Warrawee Club; Literature
GRACE, Miss	Politics
GRANGE, Mrs. Demain	Philosophy
GRAVES, Miss	Socialist; Women's Suffrage
GREENHAM, Mrs.	Spiritualism
GREENWOOD, Mrs.	Discharged F. Prisoners Society
GREIG, Miss	Millinery
GRESLEY, Madame L.	Warrawee Club
GRIFFITHS, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
GROVER, Mrs. Jessie	Sericultural Co.
GUNN, Miney C. (USA)	Astrology; Spiritualism
GUSTAFSON, Mrs. Z.	Temperance
GUSTAFSON, Mrs. Z.	Women's Suffrage
HALL, Miss	Spiritualism
HALL, Mrs. Hannah (USA)	Religion
HALLEY, Mrs.	Religion
HAMER, Mrs.	Religion
HAMILTON, Mrs. (of London)	Dressmaking
HAMPSON, Mrs.	Religion
HANCOCK, Miss	Spiritualism
HANCOCK, Miss M.	Spiritualism
HARD, Mrs. C.P.	Religion
HARRIS, Mrs.	Cookery
HARRIS, Mrs. J.	Spiritualism
HARRISON, Mrs.	Religion
HARRISON LEE, Mrs.	Religion; Women's Suffrage
HASTINGS, Miss Lydia (USA)	Elocutionist
HEATH, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
HEINBOCHEL, Mrs.	Warrawee Club
HEINBOCKEL, Miss	Women's Suffrage
HEINBOCKEL, Miss Cush	Travel
HENDERSON, Mrs. E.R.	Women's Suffrage
HENRY, Miss	Health
HENRY, Miss A.	Social Issues
HENRY, Miss A.	Warrawee Club
HESLOP, Mrs.	Temperance
HILL, Mrs. Ruffy (W. Aust.)	Women's Suffrage
HILL, Mrs. T.P.	Novelist
HIRST BROWNE, Miss M.	Austral Salon
HISLOP, Mrs. (N.Z.)	Women's Suffrage
HOBBS, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
HOBBY, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
HODGES, Mrs.	Temperance
HOGG, Mrs.	Spiritualism
HOLDEN, Miss F.G.	Social Science Congress
HOWIE, Anna	Women's Suffrage
HOWIE, Laura	Women's Suffrage
HOWIE, Mrs. S.	Women's Suffrage
HOWISON, Miss Jean (Scotland)	Literary
HUGHES, Eva	Politics
HUGHES, Mrs. Ivan	Spiritualist
HUGHES, Mrs. J.	Spiritualism
HUGHES, Mrs. Sisson	Spiritualism
HULSEY, Mrs.	Religion; Temperance
HUMBLE, Mrs.	Religion; Temperance
HUMBLE, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
HUNT, Mrs. H.W.	Religion
HUTCHINSON, Mrs.	Spiritualism
IVEY, Miss	Socialist
JACKSON, Emily	Women's Suffrage
JACKSON, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
JUNO, Miss Eloise	Elocutionist
JENNY WREN	Spiritualism
KELLIE, Mrs. (Sydney)	Spiritualism
KELLY, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
KENNEDY, Miss E.	Health
KENT, Mrs.	Spiritualism
KILLEY, Miss	Socialist
KIMBALL-CHAINEY, Mrs. Anna (USA)	Spiritualism
KIRK, Mrs.	Temperance
KNIGHT, Mrs.	Spiritualism
KNIGHT, Mrs. R.T.	Spiritualism
KNOWLES, Mrs. E.A.	Religion
LAKE, Mrs, (S. Aust.)	Women's Suffrage
LAMBRICK, Miss	Travel
LANGDALE, Mrs.	Health; Women's Suffrage
LANGLANDS, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
LANGTON-LANGTON, Mrs. (UK)	Temperance
LAURE, Mrs.	Spiritualism
LAWS, Miss	Women's Suffrage
LEAVITT, Mrs.	Religion
LECKIE, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
LEE, Mrs. (Harrison)	Women's Suffrage
LEE, Mrs. (Harrison)	Politics, Religion
LEE ARCHER, Miss	Health
LE GRAND, Madame	Spiritualism
LE GRESLEY, Madame	Millinery
LEPPER, Fraulein Sophie	Health
LION, Mademoiselle M.	French Classes
LISTER, Miss	Women's Suffrage
LISTER, Mrs. Watson	Women's Suffrage
LONGHURST, Mrs.	Religion
LOCKE, Lilian	Socialist; Women's Suffrage
LORD, Miss	Temperance
LORNE, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
LOVE, Mrs.	Discharged. F. Prisoners Society
LOVE, Mrs. M.	Temperance
LOWE, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
LUDWIG, Mrs. (UK)	Religion
LYTTLETON, Miss	Literature
McCORMICK, Miss Josephine	Health
McDONALD, Miss	Temperance
McDONALD, Mrs.	Religion; Temperance
MacDONALD, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
McDOWELL, Mrs.	Temperance
MacFEW, Mrs.	Socialist
McGILL, Mrs.	Religion
McGUIRE, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
McKAY, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
McLEAN, Mrs. William	Women's Suffrage; Travel
McLENNAN, Mrs.	Spiritualism
McLEOD, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
McSWEENEY, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
MAGNER, Miss	Politics
MALCOLM, Miss	Temperance
MANN, Mrs. (Tom?)	Women's Suffrage
MARGARET, Sister	Temperance; Religion
MARKS, Mrs.	Temperance
MARY of Israelite House (USA)	Religion
MASSEY, Madame A.M. (NSW)	Temperance
MAXWELL, Mrs. George	Women's Suffrage
MELLON, Mrs.	Spiritualism
MERSON, Miss	Temperance
MERSON, Mrs.	Temperance
MICHIE, Miss	Women's Suffrage
MICHIE, Miss Janet	Social Issues
MIDDLEBROOK, Mrs.	Religion
MILL, Mrs. Rowlands	Religion
MILLARD, Mrs.	Religion
MILLIARD, Mrs.	Religion
MILLS, Mrs. Dr. Jane P. (USA)	Health
MILLS, Miss P.	Temperance
MOODIE, Mrs.	Women's Suffrage
MOON, Miss A.C.	Health
MOORHEAD, Mrs.	Charity Conference
MORGAN, Dr. Laura	Health
MORRIS, Miss Mary, (B of A)	Literature
MORRISON, Mrs.	Spiritualism
MORSE, Florence	Spiritualism
MORT, Miss	Religion
MOUCHETTE, Madame	Artist
MUIR, Mrs.	Socialist; Women's Suffrage
MUIR, Sarah	Women's Suffrage
MURAT, Madame	Health
MURET, Mrs. Campbell	Health
MURRAY, Mrs. A.	Health
NELSON, Mrs.	Spiritualism
NELSON, Mrs. E.J.	Religion
NIGHTINGALE, Mrs.	Charity Conference
NEVEIN, Mrs. A.	Spiritualism
NEWCOMBE, Miss	Religion
NICHOLLS, Mrs.	Politics
NIVEN, Miss	Health
OAKLEY, Mrs.Cooper	Religion
OATTS, Mrs. U.M. (Glasgow)	Religion
OFFENHAUSE, Madame	Spiritualism
O'GORMAN, Edith (USA)	Religion
ORGILL, Mrs.	Health
OSBORNE, Mrs. (USA)	Religion
PARKER, Mrs.	Spiritualism
PARKER, Mrs. Sarah	Spiritualism
PARSONS, Mrs.	Spiritualism
PAUL, Miss	Politics
PEARSON, Miss	Cookery
PEERS, Mrs.	Warrawee Club
PENNY, Miss	Religion
PERRATON, Mrs.	Music
PHILLIPS, Miss	Athlete
PHILLIPS, Miss