Bonnie Women's Refuge

Bonnie Women's Refuge (originally Bonny Women's Refuge) is a women's refuge located in south-west Sydney, established in 1974.[1][2] It was the second refuge to open in Australia, following Elsie Refuge,[3] and formed part of the original NSW Women's Refuge Movement which was established to meet the need for specialised housing and support services for women and children escaping domestic violence. The refuge, now operated as a company limited by guarantee with the name Bonnie Support Services Ltd, is registered as a public benevolent institution.[4] It continues to provide vital support and crisis accommodation for women and children experiencing and escaping domestic violence.[5]

History

Bonnie's was established by a group of female volunteers including Susan Varga, Kay Ferrington, Joan Killorn, Betty Pybus and Edith Warburton. Other women who were crucially involved included Nola Cooper, Christine Sykes and Diane Powell. The Sydney Women's Liberation Newsletter (February, 1975) provided the following description of the women:

The group became a very vehement and enthusiastic one....it seems because the women involved had very strong and definite ideas of what they wanted.[6]

The first cottage was located at 260 Burns Road, Bonnyrigg. The refuge was named after the suburb, but also in line with the new tradition of calling refuges by a woman's name.[7] The Sydney Woman's Liberation Newsletter of the time provided the following description of the refuge:

Bonny is small – 3 bedrooms, 1 small room to be converted into a bedroom, a small kitchen, reasonable lounge/dining room, sheds at the back that can be cleaned and fixed up to become a play and sleeping area for the kids, a chicken coop, enough room for a vegetable garden, a pan toilet. We have fourteen beds and could build a sleep-out on the back. We have basic furniture but we need a washing machine and an extra refrigerator.

Are there any students/interested women who could help us out for a month or two by being a live-in, part-time administrator? This would bridge the gap until we get a roster better organized and/or get some money.

We’ve got a real chance of getting a Women’s Shelter going in an area where it is desperately needed. We need the help and skills of lots of women.[8]

In 1975 the Whitlam government began funding health and welfare services for women.[9][10] Funding was given to the refuge through the Health Commission from an Australian government grant. At the time, women living at Bonnie contributed to their food and the grant covered all other operating costs, which amounted to around $30,000 per year.[11] In 1978, Fairfield Council donated land, where a new refuge was built with funding from both Federal and New South Wales governments.[12] The mayor of Fairfield at the time, Janice Crosio, was a key supporter of the project. However, securing funding continued to be an ongoing struggle for the Women's Refuge Movement between 1976 and 1983, until federal funding was restored under the Women's Emergency Services Program. From 1985, women's refuges were granted funding under the joint Commonwealth and State Support Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP).[13][14]

In 1992 due to the high demand for services, a second house was built alongside the first. Today, the refuge continues to operate from both houses.[15] The service now also provides access to transitional properties and a wide range of other support and outreach services.[16] The service has also produced books and guides specifically for children staying in a women's refuge.[17][18] For Bonnie's 40th anniversary celebration, one of the early founders, Susan Varga, wrote two poems about the early experiences and the establishment of the refuge.[19]

Today, Bonnie Women's Refuge is one of the few specialist women's providers of refuge accommodation surviving following the New South Wales government's 2014 "Going Home, Staying Home" tendering process.[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ "- Reaching for Health: The Australian women's health movement and public policy - ANU". press-files.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ Gilmour, Tony (2018). Champions of Change (PDF). Shelter NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. ^ Shelter NSW, Newsletter (September 2015). "The Story of Bonnie's first 40 years" (PDF). Around the House. 102: 22–25.
  4. ^ acnc_charity_api_user (29 January 2020). "Bonnie Support Services Ltd". www.acnc.gov.au. Retrieved 15 April 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "ParlInfo - PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS : Domestic Violence". parlinfo.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Sydney Women's Liberation Newsletter". February 1975.
  7. ^ "Bonnie Support Services » Our Long History". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Sydney Women's Liberation Newsletter". February 1975.
  9. ^ Parliamentary Paper no. 44 of 1977: Hospital and Health Services Commission Third Annual Report (Report). The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. 22 February 1977. Retrieved 15 April 2020 – via Trove.
  10. ^ "Whitlam Institute Women's Rights". Whitlam Institute. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  11. ^ Powell, Diane (June 1976). "Bonnie". Sydney Women's Liberation Newsletter.
  12. ^ Ralph Hunt; K J Stewart (27 April 1978). "New South Wales Community Health Projects" (PDF) (Press release). Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  13. ^ Laing, Lesley (2000). "Progress, trends and challenges in Australian responses to domestic violence" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  14. ^ "ParlInfo - Funding under the supported accommodation assistance program for services in NSW in 1985-1986". parlinfo.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Bonnie Support Services » Our Long History". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Bonnie Support Services » Support Services". Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  17. ^ You are not alone. Bonnie Support Services. (1st ed.). Canley Heights, N.S.W.: Bonnie Support Services. 2007. ISBN 978-0-9803851-0-6. OCLC 225396116.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  18. ^ Case manager's guide to small children's and young people's booklets. Bonnie Women's Refuge., Victims of Violent Crime Grant Program. Canley Heights, N.S.W.: Bonnie Support Services. 2012. ISBN 978-0-9803851-3-7. OCLC 805469642.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  19. ^ "Bonnie Support Services » A cup of tea… a life story". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  20. ^ Sobski, Jozefa (September 2014). "Women's Refugesunder Going Home Staying Home" (PDF). WEL NSW. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

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