Biographical entry Sutherland, Sulina Murray MacDonald (1839 - 1909)

Summary

Sulina Murray M. Sutherland founded a children's aid society in Melbourne in 1881, which in 1894 became the Victorian Neglected Children's Aid Society and also founded "The Sutherland Homes for Orphans, Neglected and Destitute Children". She was a child welfare worker for twenty-eight years.

Archival resources

Presbyterian Church of Victoria

• Sulina Murray MacDonald Sutherland - Records, 1886 - 1895; Presbyterian Church of Victoria. Details

Royal District Nursing Service

• Sulina Murray MacDonald Sutherland - Records, 1885 - 1909; Royal District Nursing Service. Details

Scots Church, Melbourne

• Sulina Murray MacDonald Sutherland - Records, 1881 - 1894; Scots Church, Melbourne. Details

Sutherland Homes for Children

• Sulina Murray MacDonald Sutherland - Records, 1908 - 1909; Sutherland Homes for Children. Details

Victorian Children's Aid Society

• Sulina Murray MacDonald Sutherland - Records, 1894 - 1909; Victorian Children's Aid Society. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Hoban, Ruth, 'Sutherland, Sulina Murray MacDonald (1839-1909)', in Bede Nairn (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976, pp. 225-226. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060243b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Sutherland, Sulina Murray MacDonald', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463251. Details