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Biographical entry Ardill, George Edward (1857 - 1945)
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Ardill, George Edward
Details
- Born
- 1857
Parramatta - Died
- 1945
Stanmore - Occupation
- Baptist, Philanthropist, Reformer and Writer
Summary
George Edward Ardill was an evangelical preacher and formidable and energetic organiser of private charity in Sydney. He was active in politics, the temperance crusade, prisoner's aid and religious missions and worked with children, unmarried mothers and Aboriginal people. His wife Louisa Ardill worked alongside him, and his daughter Dr Katie Ardill Bryce took over his work at South Sydney Women's Hospital.
Ardill founded the Blue Ribbon Gospel Army; the Sydney Rescue Work Society and the Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children. Through these different agencies, the Ardills founded the Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen Women; the Open All Night Refuge; Our Babies Home; Our Children's Home; Rockdale Babies Home and Roslyn Hall Babies and Children's Home; South Sydney Women's Hospital and Bethesda Maternity Home; Jubilee Home and Hostel for Business Girls.
Ardill was Secretary of the Aborigines Protection Association from 1886-1897 and the Vice-President of the Aborigines Welfare Board from 1897 to 1915. He set up the Cootamundra Girls Home.
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Publications
Books
- Thornton, Bruce, George Edward Ardill and the Sydney Rescue Work Society (now Communicare Sydney) [also titled "Haste to the Rescue"], Baptist Historical Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 2008, 118 pp. Details
Reports
- Integricare History, Integricare, Burwood, 2012, 4 pp. Details
Online Resources
- Parry, Naomi, 'Such a longing': Black and white children in welfare in New South Wales and Tasmania, 1880 to 1920, Department of History, University of New South Wales, 2007, 361 pp, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/4033481. Details
- Radi, Heather, ''Ardill, George Edward (1857-1945)'', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Melbourne University Press, 1979, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ardill-george-edward-5048. Details
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Sources used to compile this entry: Integricare History, Integricare, Burwood, 2012, 4 pp; Parry, Naomi, 'Such a longing': Black and white children in welfare in New South Wales and Tasmania, 1880 to 1920, Department of History, University of New South Wales, 2007, 361 pp, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/4033481; Radi, Heather, ''Ardill, George Edward (1857-1945)'', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Melbourne University Press, 1979, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ardill-george-edward-5048; Thornton, Bruce, George Edward Ardill and the Sydney Rescue Work Society (now Communicare Sydney) [also titled "Haste to the Rescue"], Baptist Historical Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 2008, 118 pp.
Prepared by: Naomi Parry
Created: 21 March 2011, Last modified: 7 August 2012
Last updated: 26 April 2013
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