Offenders Aid & Rehabilitation Services of SA Inc
Patron : His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce, AC CSC RANR, Governor of South Australia
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Offenders Aid & Rehabilitation Services of SA Inc
Patron : His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce, AC CSC RANR, Governor of South Australia |
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This document celebrates and details the first 30 years of the Prisoners Aid Association, now known as OARS SA. Please read below a small summary of Romantic Beginnings. The document is available for downloading below. EARLY HISTORY OF OARS SA Seven men composed the Committee of Management up to the formalisation of the Prisoners Aid association (P.A.A.) in 1886. David Nock MP and Visiting Justice, James Scott JP, William Burford, Charles Birks, G.C. Knight JP (first Honorary Treasurer), George Crase (first Honorary Secretary) and W. J. Sowden. Four of these seven founders formed the new committee: Scott, Birks, Knight and Crase. All seven founders were at some time active members of the Adelaide Benevolent and Strangers and Friends Society (A.B.& S.F.S.) and previously Crase had served it as both Secretary and Collector. When they needed additional help they turned to A.B.& S.F.S’s then current Collector Mr A Fance. Over the next few years several new committee men joined the P.A.A., most of whom (like JB Hack, R Knowles, and MH Madge) were members of the A.B & S.F.S. Although Adelaide’s women were also active philanthropic workers, it was not until the 1880’s that a significant number of them, including Miss CH Spence, became not only members, but active members of the A.B & S.F.S. and the S.F. & C.O.. Male pressure may have kept them out of the societies until the1880’s, however none of them are mentioned in regard to the P.A.A.. The most likely explanation is obvious, working with prisoners was not thought to be fit work for women. Download the complete document
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