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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Sydney City Mission

Nonprofit or charity

Philanthropic organisation formed to provide welfare to Sydneysiders living in poverty, which was absorbed by the umbrella organisation Mission Australia in 1996.

Milestone
Formed
1862
Incorporated
City Night Refuge and Soup Kitchen
1945
Position
President
Dixson, Emma Elizabeth
Property
Occupied
Mission Hall Chippendale
1886 - 1899
Occupied
Nithsdale House
1903 - 1914
Occupied
Judge's House Kent Street
1945 - 1970
Owner of
Judge's House Kent Street
1945 - 1972
Type
Nonprofit or charity

Sydney City Mission

CC BY-SA 2.0
by
Terri McCormack
,
2008

Appalled by the poverty he found in Sydney when he arrived in 1860, Benjamin Short founded the Sydney City Mission in 1862. While some of the problems it addressed changed over the years, the Mission's work for Sydney's most vulnerable people continues in 2009.

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