Port Melbourne Town Hall, Womens Welcoming Committee

In 1914 as Australia entered the war, a group of local Port Melbourne Women realised that no regard was being paid to the returning sick and wounded at the Piers. Many of these women were already serving on the Red Cross committee or AWA and the forming of their new group ‘The Women’s Welcoming Committee’ was not initially met with admiration. Realising that this was a cause too important to let politics get in the way, the women powered on welcoming over 100,000 servicemen over the course of their work.

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