The Country Women's Association hostel, Murwillumbah openedin 1950. It was a boarding hostel for high school girls. In 1951, following discussion of the hostel's financial and progress reports at a public meeting of the Murwillumbah Parents and Citizen's Association, the decision was made to close the hostel. Some of the 15 girls who had stayed at the hostel were able to travel to Murwillumbah by bus, and alternate accommodation in the town was found for the others.
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: 20 February 2018
Last updated: 4 August 2023
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