Our final Centenary committee meeting was held last Thursday. We met in The Library Bar atop the State Library of NSW .
It was a mild lovely Spring evening.
Maria McDougall, Amanda Mark, Jan Conway, Kylie Day, Colleen Keating, Anne Power and Elizabeth James.
Not a meeting to plan and work but one of celebration and joyful thanks for a very enthusiastic year and an amazing Centenary lunch.
So many activities held to mirror 100 years of Women writing with the motto Giving Women a Voice.
Our song given to the Society by Libby Hathorn WE ARE 100 YEARS STRONG.
To celebrate a year of great activity and continue what Libby H calls a century of literary, advocacy, creativity, and community
We revisited some Sydney women writers : our society being present at the Open Day in the gorgeous home of the author Ethel Turner,
walking the Playing Beatie Bow historic way in the Rocks area where Ruth Park wrote to portray life and struggles of early Sydney .
A Great Gatsby Evening was celebrated where many dressed in character. I will include a write up of our Centenary luncheon soon
which we held at NSW Parliament House and attracted an affirming speech by the Premier Chris Minns in the middle of his very busy day.
And the food was delicious. We took some photos to remember our final meeting . I thought the view of the harbour,
in the distance was the best way to go, but Libby’s idea of having the buildings in the background I now think gives our meeting
a wonderful sense of place. It portrays the heart of the city, and us on the roof of our State Library in the new bar called appropriately
THE LIBRARY BAR in the middle of our wonderful city. Thankyou to our convenor Maria McDougall who generously organised
our evening celebration with hors d’oeuvres platters and bubbly the perfect way to celebrate.
