Queensland Country Women's Association

On 8–11 August 1922, the Brisbane Women's Club held an open conference for countrywomen in Brisbane's Albert Hall during the Exhibition (a time when many country people visited Brisbane). The conference was opened by Lady Forster, wife of Australian Governor-General and the Queensland Governor Matthew Nathan attended. On 11 August 1922, the outcome of the conference was to establish the Queensland Country Women's Association.Pagliano, p. 3 Ruth Fairfax was elected the first president.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article192982648|title=FOR COUNTRY WOMEN|date=18 August 1922|newspaper=The Week|access-date=7 August 2017|issue=2,434|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XCIV|page=6|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=14 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914000135/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/192982648|url-status=live}}

The first meeting of the Toowoomba branch was held at the Toowoomba Town Hall on 12 September 1922. Fairfax attended and spoke about the objectives of the organisation. The meeting resolved to hold a conference as soon as there were sufficient representatives to attend.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article177884213|title=QUEENSLAND COUNTRY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION|date=16 September 1922|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=7 August 2017|issue=15539|location=Queensland, Australia|page=12|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=14 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914000143/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177884213|url-status=live}}

The objectives of the association were broad but included some specific items:Pagliano, p. 6

1. To improve welfare and conditions of women and children in the country

2. To draw together all women, girls, and children in Country Districts.

3. To bring opportunities for recreation and enjoyment within reach of all Members.

4. To encourage the active study of Local, Municipal and State affairs and to promote a wise and kindly spirit.

5. To improve educational facilities in the Country.

6. To secure better provision for the safeguarding of Public Health especially of children, and the securing of more adequate Medical and Hospital facilities for Country Districts.

There was a call for a design for a badge and the winner was Mabel Chandler of Burra Burri who proposed the letters CWA within a large letter "Q"; this design is still used as the organisation's logo. It was decided that the silver and royal blue should be adopted as the colours for the organisation. Many QCWA buildings or 'rest rooms' are painted royal blue and white to approximate the chosen colours.

In the 1930s the association held the motto "With loyalty to the Throne, service to the country, through country women, by country women, for country women". By 1950 this was given as "Honour to God, Loyalty to the Throne, Service to the country, Through country women, By country women, For country women".{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article225630585 |title=23rd Annual Meeting of Southport C.W.A. |newspaper=South Coast Bulletin |issue=1164 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=11 October 1950 |access-date=20 February 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715045116/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225630585 |url-status=live }}

A creed was also made:

::I would be true, for there are those who trust me; I would be pure, for there are those who care; I would be strong for there is much to suffer; I would be brave, for there is much to dare.

::I would be friend to all—the foe—the friendless; I would be giving and forget the gift; I would be humble, for I know my weakness; I would look up—and laugh—and love—and lift.

Branches were grouped within a division, within the State body. Western Division included Roma and Trenhed. The Southern Region was rearranged by 1945 to form new divisions such as the Gympie and South Burnett.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97461248 |title=Q.C.W.A. DIVISIONS Gympie-South Burnett Is Nine Years Old |newspaper=Queensland Country Life |volume=19 |issue=42 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=29 April 1954 |access-date=20 February 2021 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715045116/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97461248 |url-status=live }} The new Maranoa Division looked after 29 branches including Dalby and Wandoan.

Queensland's Younger Sets were formed by April 1928 in Warwick,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175637488 |title=To-day's events |newspaper=Warwick Daily News |issue=2759 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=27 April 1928 |access-date=20 February 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=19 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319050301/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/175637488 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article178810573 |title=Q.C.W.A. |newspaper=Warwick Daily News |issue=2763 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=2 May 1928 |access-date=20 February 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=19 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319050245/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/178810573 |url-status=live }}Queensland Country Women's Association's 'Connecting and inspiring for nearly 100 years' [https://www.qcwa.org.au/History webpage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319050243/https://www.qcwa.org.au/History |date=19 March 2021 }} (20 February 2021) states the 'Younger set' groups were created from 1931. with the QCWA Bundaberg Younger Set established in mid-2008.{{cite news |last1=van de WETERING |first1=Jodie |title=Younger Set looking to the future of the QCWA |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/01/15/2466867.htm?site=widebay |access-date=20 February 2021 |agency=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=15 January 2009 |archive-date=19 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319050242/https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/01/15/2466867.htm?site=widebay |url-status=live }} Membership is for girls and women up to 25 years-of-age, although one set in 1930 allowed 'any girl or unmarried woman' as eligible for membership.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197873744 |title=News items |newspaper=Pittsworth Sentinel |volume=31 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=7 June 1930 |access-date=20 February 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=19 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319050243/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197873744 |url-status=live }}

In 2012 the QWC celebrated its 90th birthday.{{Cite web |date=2012-08-14 |title=Happy birthday! 90 years of Queensland CWA {{!}} State Library Of Queensland |url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/happy-birthday-90-years-queensland-cwa |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=www.slq.qld.gov.au |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602055455/https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/happy-birthday-90-years-queensland-cwa |url-status=live }}

The Queensland chapter was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame in 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://leaders.slq.qld.gov.au/inductees/queensland-country-womens-association/|title=Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame {{!}} Queensland Country Women's Association|website=leaders.slq.qld.gov.au|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223060351/http://leaders.slq.qld.gov.au/inductees/queensland-country-womens-association/|archive-date=23 February 2017|url-status=live|access-date=17 February 2017|df=dmy-all}}

In 2017 the QWCA created its own perfume, '1922', to mark its 95th anniversary. It was released at 2017 Ekka and was developed by Damask Perfumery in Brisbane. The artwork and branding of the bottle was supplied by Brisbane watercolour artist Michelle Grayson.{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-07/what-does-the-cwa-smell-like/8780430|title=What does the CWA smell like? Iconic group's essence captured in a bottle for 95th anniversary|date=7 August 2017|website=ABC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807153210/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-07/what-does-the-cwa-smell-like/8780430|archive-date=7 August 2017|url-status=live|access-date=7 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}

In 2019 the QWCA received a Queensland Greats Award from the Queensland Government.

In 2022 the QCWA celebrated their centenary year.{{SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/queensland-country-womens-association-turns-100|title=Queensland Country Women's Association turns 100!|date=29 March 2022|author(s)=Anne Scheu|accessdate=17 May 2022}} As part of the celebrations, in early February, the Perth Mint launched a $1 coin commemorating the centenary in Queensland and New South Wales. Other intended events were ongoing displays celebrating the achievements of early members, and attending Parliament House and raising concerns affecting women and families across Queensland.

As at December 2018, the QWCA had over 240 branches throughout Queensland.{{Cite web|title=About QWCA|url=https://www.qcwa.org.au/about-2/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226083055/https://www.qcwa.org.au/about-2/|archive-date=26 December 2018|access-date=26 December 2018|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association}} The following list includes all branches active in December 2018,{{Cite web|url=https://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch locations|website=Queensland Country Women's Association|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051456/https://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|url-status=dead}} and some of the former branches. (Note, if dates of founding and disbanding are not known, dates of known activity/inactivity are used to assist in identifying actual founding/disbanding.)

|frameless

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|Peachester

|Peachester

|Sunshine Coast

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|2020 (active)

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|Peak Crossing

|Peak Crossing

|Scenic Rim

|1935

|1938 (active)

|The branch meets at the Peak Crossing Public Hall.{{cite news|date=28 May 1947|title=PEAK CROSSING C.W.A. BIRTHDAY|page=5 (DAILY)|newspaper=Queensland Times|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117663817|access-date=3 June 2020|via=Trove|archive-date=14 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914000215/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/117663817|url-status=live}}{{Citation|last=Raymond|first=Kerry|title=English: Signage on entering Peak Crossing from the North on the Ipswich Boonah Road, 2020|date=2020-05-31|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signage_on_entering_Peak_Crossing_from_the_North_on_the_Ipswich_Boonah_Road,_2020.jpg|access-date=2020-06-03|archive-date=14 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914000216/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signage_on_entering_Peak_Crossing_from_the_North_on_the_Ipswich_Boonah_Road,_2020.jpg|url-status=live}}

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|Pentland

|Pentland

|Charters Towers

|1923

|2018 (inactive)

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|Peranga

|Peranga

|Toowoomba

|

|1938 (active)

|

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|Pilton

| ?

| Condamine

|

| 1933 (active)

|

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|Pine Rivers

|Petrie

|Moreton Bay

|1938

|2020 (active)

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/pine-rivers/|title=Pine Rivers|website=Queensland Country Women's Association|access-date=31 December 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226170151/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/pine-rivers/|url-status=live}}

|frameless

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|Point Vernon / Pialba

|Pialba

|Fraser Coast

|

|2020 (active)

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|Pratten

| Pratten

| Southern Downs Region

| 1928 (active)

|

|

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|Rosslea

|Pimlico

|Townsville

|

|2020 (active)

|

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|Townsville

|Pimlico

|Townsville

|1938 (active)

|2020 (active)

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|Beauaraba

|Pittsworth

|Toowoomba

|

|2020 (active)

|

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|Pirrinuan

| Dalby

| Callide

| July 1925{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article253827434 |title=Pirrinuan and Malakoff |newspaper=Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette |volume=LXIV |issue=179 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=29 July 1925 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110080923/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/253827434 |url-status=live }}

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|Pittsworth

|Pittsworth

|Toowoomba

|1927 (active)

|2000 (active)

|A Younger Set was formed in June 1930.

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|Port Douglas

|Port Douglas

|Douglas

|1938 (active)

|2020 (active)

|

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|Prairie

|Prairie

|Flinders

|1930 (active){{cite news|date=20 February 1930|title=Activities in the North.|page=51|newspaper=The Queenslander|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22925667|url-status=live|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914000233/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22925667|archive-date=14 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}

|2018 (inactive)

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|frameless

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|Middle Ridge

|Preston

|Toowoomba

|1938 (active)

|2020 (active)

|

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|Proserpine

| Proserpine

| Whitsunday

|

| 2020 (active)

|

| frameless
4 Faust Street, Proserpine

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|Prospect Creek

|Prospect Creek

|Banana

|1959 (active)

|1989 (active)

|

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|-

|Proston

|Proston

|South Burnett

|1935 (active)

|2020 (active)

|

|frameless

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|Quilpie

|Quilpie

|Quilpie

|1926 (active)

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Raglan

| ?

| Gladstone

|

| 1951 (active)

|

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|Ravenshoe

|Ravenshoe

|Tablelands

|1925, 1927 (active)

|2020 (active){{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/ravenshoe/|title=Ravenshoe|website=Queensland Country Women's Association|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101100642/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/ravenshoe/|url-status=live}}

| A rest room was built by 1927.

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|Ravenswood

| ?

| Charters Towers

|

| 1932 (active){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61697987 |title=Ravenswood Notes |newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin |volume=LIV |issue=276 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=17 November 1932 |access-date=1 November 2022 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110080924/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/61697987 |url-status=live }}

| In 1932, the CWA met at the School of Arts.

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|Redcliffe

|Redcliffe

|Moreton Bay

|1927 (active)

|1938 (active)

|

|

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|Richmond

| Richmond

| Richmond

| 1927 (active),{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149875505 |title=Country women |newspaper=The Northern Herald |volume=LVIII |issue=752 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=31 August 1927 |access-date=18 January 2023 |page=41 |via=National Library of Australia}} 1938 (active)

| 2020 (active)

|

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|Ridgelands

|Ridgelands

|Rockhampton

|1937

|2020 (active)

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/ridgelands/|title=Ridgelands|website=Queensland County Women's Association|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101145134/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/ridgelands/|url-status=live}}

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|Rockhampton

|Rockhampton

|Rockhampton

|1923 (founded)

|1938 (active)

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|Rockmount-Stockyard

|Rockmount-Stockyard

|Lockyer Valley

|1933

|1974 (active)

|{{cite news|date=7 July 1933|title=C.W.A.|volume=LXXII|page=2|newspaper=Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette|issue=160|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article254320720|access-date=24 October 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=22 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222095047/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/254320720|url-status=live}}

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|Roma

|Roma

|Maranoa

|1922 (founded)

|2020 (active)

|The Branch maintained a hostel in the 1940s.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98048850 |title=TRENHED C.W.A. AND YOUNGER SET |newspaper=Western Star And Roma Advertiser |issue=7097 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=9 March 1945 |access-date=20 February 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715045116/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/98048850 |url-status=live }}

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|Rosedale

|Rosedale

|Gladstone

|1938 (active)

|2020 (active)

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|Rosewood

|Rosewood

|Ipswich

|1938 (active)

|2020 (active)

|

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|Rosslea

|Rosslea

|Townsville

|

|

|

|

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|Samford

|Samford Village

|Moreton Bay

|1964

|2020 (active)

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/samford/|title=Samford|website=Queensland Country Women's Association|access-date=31 December 2018|archive-date=31 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231092937/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/samford/|url-status=live}}

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|Nebo / Sarina Range

| Sarina Range

| Mackay

|

| 2020 (active)

| QCWA Hall, 1994 Sarina-Marlborough Road

|

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|Sarina

| Sarina

| Mackay

| 1938 (active)

| 2020 (active)

|

| frameless
2 Brewers Road, Sarina

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|Seaforth

| Seaforth

| Mackay

|

| 2020 (active)

|

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|Sandgate

|Shorncliffe

|Brisbane

|1926 (active)

|2020 (active)

|Linga Longa QCWA holiday home (1925–1967) 254 Flinders Parade, Sandgate.{{SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/linga-longa-special-seaside-home|title=Linga Longa: a special seaside home|date=10 November 2021|author(s)=Stephanie Ryan|accessdate=2 June 2022}}

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|Silkstone-Booval

| Silkstone /Booval

| Ipswich

|

| 1938 (active)

|

| File:AU-Qld-Booval-CWA hall-Cameron Park-2021.jpg
Cameron Park, Easton Street, Booval

|-

|Silkwood

|Silkwood

|Cassowary Coast

|

|2020 (active)

|

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|-

|Somerset Dam

|Somerset Dam

|Somerset

|

|1938 (active)

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|South Kolan

|South Kolan

|Bundaberg

|

|1938 (active)

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|South Yaamba

| South Yaamba

| Rockhampton

|

| 1938 (active), 1951 (active)

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|Southbrook

|Southbrook

|Toowoomba

|

|1938 (active)

|

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|Southport

| Southport

| Gold Coast

| June 1928{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162062759 |title=Country Women's Association |newspaper=The Logan and Albert Bulletin |issue=2009 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=23 June 1928 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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| Initial meetings were held on the third Thursday of each month, at the School of Arts building.

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|Brisbane City Night

|Spring Hill

|Brisbane

|

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|

|

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|Springsure

|Springsure

|Central Highlands

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Springvale / Kupunn

|Springvale

|Banana

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|St George

|St George

|Balonne

|1938 (active)

|2020 (active)

|

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|-

|St Lawrence

|St Lawrence

|Isaac

|

|1938 (active)

|

|

|-

|Stanthorpe

|Stanthorpe

|Southern Downs

|1923 (founded)

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Stratford

|Stratford

|Cairns

|

|1938 (active)

|

|

|-

| Stuart

| ?

| Townsville

| 1928

|

| Original name of Stewart's Creek.

|

|-

|Sunnybank Coopers Plains

|Sunnybank

|Brisbane

|1953

|2020 (active)

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/sunnybank-coopers-plains/|title=Sunnybank Coopers Plains|website=Queensland Country Women's Association|access-date=30 December 2018|archive-date=30 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230233304/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/sunnybank-coopers-plains/|url-status=live}}

| —

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|Surat

|Surat

|Maranoa

|1925 (founded){{cite news |date=20 June 1925 |title=Advertising |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98038217 |accessdate=26 February 2025 |newspaper=Western Star And Roma Advertiser |location=Queensland, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=5861}}

|1988 (active)

|

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|Talwood

|Talwood

|Goondiwindi

|1949 (founded)

|1996 (active)

|

|

|-

|Tambo

| Tambo

| Blackall-Tambo

| 1938 (active)

| 2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Tamborine Mountain

| Tamborine Mountain

| Scenic Rim

| 1928 (active)

| 1960 (active)

| Originally known as Tambourine Mountain.

|

|-

|Tannum Sands

|Tannum Sands

|Gladstone

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

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|Tara

|Tara

|Western Downs

|

|1946 (active)

|

|

|-

|Taroom

|Taroom

|Banana

|1924 (founded){{Cite web|title=Toowoomba|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/toowoomba/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101100416/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/toowoomba/|archive-date=1 January 2019|access-date=1 January 2019|website=Queensland Country Women's Association}}

|1946 (active)

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|

|-

|Taroom Younger Set

|Taroom

|Banana

|1946 (active)

|1965 (active)

|

|

|-

|Tewantin Noosa

|Tewantin

|Noosa

|mid-1927{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77405347 |title=Country Women's work commended. |newspaper=Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser |volume=XXX |issue=1590 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=23 November 1934 |access-date=20 February 2021 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715045118/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/77405347 |url-status=live }}

|2020 (active)

|Rest-room opened in March 1930, seaside cottage opened in November 1934. A Younger Set was still in existence by June 1971.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article260495988 |title=Younger Set |newspaper=Noosa News |volume=3 |issue=26 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=3 June 1971 |access-date=20 February 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715045118/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/260495988 |url-status=live }}

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|Texas

| Texas

| Goondiwindi

| 1928 (active)

| 2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Thallon-Daymar

|Thallon

|Balonne

|1957

|2020 (active)

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/thallon-daymar/|title=Thallon-Dayman|website=Queensland Country Women's Association|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051625/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/thallon-daymar/|url-status=live}}

|frameless

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|Thangool

| Thangool

| Banana

| 1938 (active)

| 2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Hermitage-Yangan

| The Hermitage

| Southern Downs

| 1928 (active, as Yangan)

| 2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|The Summit

|The Summit

|Southern Downs

|

|1938 (active)

|

|

|-

|Theodore

|Theodore

|Banana

|

|2018 (inactive)

|closed (as at 2018)

|frameless

|-

|Thuringowa

|Thuringowa

|Townsville

|1922

|

|

|

|-

|Thursday Island

|Thursday Island

|Torres

|

|1938 (active)

|

|

|-

|Tiaro

|Tiaro

|Fraser Coast

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Tin Can Bay

|Tin Can Bay

|Gympie

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Tinana

|Tinana

|Fraser Coast

|

|

|

|

|-

|Tingoora

|Tingoora

|South Burnett

|

|1934 (active)

|

|

|-

|Tolga

|Tolga

|Tablelands

|1925

|2020 (active)

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/tolga/|title=Tolga|website=Queensland Country Women's Association|access-date=31 December 2018|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412004345/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/tolga/|url-status=live}}

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|-

|Toobeah

|Toobeah

|Goondiwindi

|1952 (active)

|1990 (active)

|

|

|-

|Toogoolawah

| Toogoolawah

| Somerset

| 1923 (founded)

| 1938 (active)

| Proposed a rest home in 1928.

|

|-

|Toowong

|Toowong

|Brisbane

|

|1938 (active)

|

|

|-

|Toowoomba

| Toowoomba City

| Toowoomba

| 1923 (founded)Pagliano, p. 119

| 2020 (active)

|

| File:AU-Q-Toowoomba-QCWA-MargaretSt-2022.jpg
263 Margaret St, Toowoomba

|-

|Toowoomba City Business Women

|Toowoomba City

|Toowoomba

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Toowoomba Younger Set

|Toowoomba City

|Toowoomba

|

|1938 (active)

|

|

|-

|Townsville

|Townsville

|Townsville

|1923 (founded)

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Trenhed

|Trenhed

|Maranoa

|

|1938 (active)

|Near Roma in the Yalebone area. Also had a Younger Set in 1947. Ran a seed and plant nursery in McDowall Street, Roma.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97542552 |title=Letters to the editor |newspaper=Western Star |issue=6424 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=28 September 1951 |access-date=20 February 2021 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715045118/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97542552 |url-status=live }}

|

|-

|Tully

|Tully

|Cassowary Coast

|1926 (active)

|2020 (active)

|{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40522452|title=TULLY ITEMS.|date=21 January 1926|newspaper=Cairns Post|access-date=1 January 2019|issue=5402|location=Queensland, Australia|page=8|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=14 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914000222/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40522452|url-status=live}} Younger Set in existence by September 1930.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41060096 |title=Tully notes |newspaper=Cairns Post |issue=9024 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=3 September 1930 |access-date=20 February 2021 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715045119/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41060096 |url-status=live }}

|frameless

|-

|Boyne Valley

|Ubobo

|Gladstone

|1935 (founded){{Cite web|title=Boyne Valley Branch, Queensland Country Women's Association|url=https://boynevalley.org.au/organisations/cwa/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101023658/https://boynevalley.org.au/organisations/cwa/|archive-date=1 January 2019|access-date=1 January 2019|website=Boyne Valley}}

|2020 (active)

|In 1958 the Many Peaks Post Office building was relocated to Ububo to become the QCWA building, officially opened in 1959.{{Cite web|title=Ubobo QCWA|url=http://www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=db86e92b-e2c1-43d0-9014-6fce43b5481b&groupId=1570002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101030508/http://www.gladstone.qld.gov.au/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=db86e92b-e2c1-43d0-9014-6fce43b5481b&groupId=1570002|archive-date=1 January 2019|access-date=1 January 2019|website=Gladstone Heritage Register|publisher=Gladstone Regional Council}}

|frameless

|-

|Upper Lockyer/Withcott

|Upper Lockyer

|Lockyer Valley

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Upper Stone

| Upper Stone

| Hinchinbrook

|

| 2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Urandangie

| Urandangie

| Boulia

| 1924 (founded)Pagliano, p. 34

|

| A hall was paid off by 1927.

|

|-

|Urangan

|Urangan

|Fraser Coast

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Valentine Plains

| Valentine Plains

| Banana

|

|

|

|

|-

|Victoria Hill

|Victoria Hill

|Southern Downs

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Wallan Creek

|Wallan Creek

|Western Downs

|

|

|

|

|-

|Wallangarra

|Wallangarra

|Southern Downs

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Wallaville

|Wallaville

|Bundaberg

|1938 (active)

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Walloon

|Walloon

|Ipswich

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Wallumbilla

|Wallumbilla

|Maranoa

|1923 (founded)

|2020 (active)

|

|frameless

|-

|Wandal

| ?

| Rockhampton

|

| 1951 (active)

|

|

|-

|Wandoan

|Wandoan

|Western Downs

|

|1946 (active)

|

|

|-

|Wandoan Younger Set

|Wandoan

|Western Downs

|1960 (active)

|1962 (active)

|

|

|-

|East Palmerston

|Wangan

|Cassowary Coast

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Warra

|Warra

|Western Downs

|1927 (active)

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Warwick

| Warwick

| Southern Downs

| 1928 (active){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114202541 |title=The C.W.A |newspaper=Queensland Times |volume=LXVIII |issue=13,058 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=29 May 1928 |access-date=12 November 2022 |page=5 (Daily) |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110081510/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114202541 |url-status=live }}

|

| Formed a Younger Set in April 1928. Daughter branch was Condamine Valley.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article177400075 |title=C.W.A |newspaper=Warwick Daily News |issue=5482 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=12 February 1937 |access-date=13 November 2022 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110081412/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177400075 |url-status=live }}

|

|-

|Condamine Valley Warwick

|Warwick

|Southern Downs

|1922 (founded)

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Weir River

|Weir River

|Western Downs

|1957 (active)

|1961 (active)

|

|

|-

|Westbrook

| Westbrook

| Toowoomba

|

| 1927 (active)

|

|

|-

|Willowburn

| Willowburn

| Toowoomba

| August 1927{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article253976376 |title=Willowburn C.W.A |newspaper=Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette |volume=LXVI |issue=180 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=2 August 1927 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110081413/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/253976376 |url-status=live }}

| 1938 (active)

| Initially held on the first Tuesday of each month.

|

|-

|Winton

|Winton

|Winton

|1927 (active)Pagliano, pp. 36-37

|2020 (active)

|"one of the earliest formed branches"

|frameless

|-

|Upper Lockyer/Withcott

|Withcott

|Lockyer Valley

|

|

|

|

|-

|Wondai

|Wondai

|South Burnett

|1923 (founded)

|2020 (active)

|

|frameless

|-

|Wonglepong

|Wonglepong

|Scenic Rim

|1938 (active)

|2020 (active)

|

|frameless

|-

|Woocoo

|Woocoo

|Fraser Coast

|

|1938 (active)

|

|

|-

|Woodford

|Woodford

|Moreton Bay

|

|1938 (active)

|

|

|-

|Woodstock

|Woodstock

|Townsville

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Clontarf

|Woody Point

|Moreton Bay

|

|2020 (active)

|

|frameless

|-

|Woleebe

|Woleebe

|Western Downs

|

|1938 (active)

|

|

|-

|Woolooga

| Woolooga

| Gympie

| 1933 (active){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22178303 |title=C.W.A |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=23,497 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=23 May 1933 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110081444/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22178303 |url-status=live }}

| 1938 (active)

|

|

|-

|Woombye

|Woombye

|Sunshine Coast

|1930 (active)

|1967 (active)

|{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/191352754|title=Annual meeting of the Woombye Branch of the Q.C.W.A., September 1967|publication-date=1967|access-date=2 January 2019}}

|

|-

|Wooroolin

|Wooroolin

|South Burnett

|1938 (active)

|2020 (active)

|

|frameless

|-

|Springbrook Mudgeeraba

| Worongary

| Gold Coast

|

| 2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Wowan

| ?

| Callide

| c. 1926{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56961834 |title=Wowan CWA Branch |newspaper=The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton) |issue=28,527 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=25 October 1950 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110081512/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56961834 |url-status=live }}

| 1953(active)

| Dululu branch formed from the Wowan branch in 1931

|

|-

|Wyandra

| Wyandra

| Paroo

|

| 1925 (active)

|

|

|-

|Wychie

|Wychie

|Western Downs

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Wynnum

| Wynnum

| Brisbane

| November 1925 (founded)

| 1938 (active)

| Also known as the Wynnum-Manly-Lota branch (1925). A Younger Set of the Wynnum, Manly, and Lota branch was in existence by August 1930.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article197639954 |title=C.W.A. Younger Set. |newspaper=The Telegraph |issue=18,005 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=20 August 1930 |access-date=20 February 2021 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715045119/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197639954 |url-status=live }}

|

|-

|Bay Belles

|Wynnum

|Brisbane

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Wynnum North

|Wynnum North

|Brisbane

|1951 (active)

|1997 (active)

|

|

|-

|Yamsion (Square Top)

|Yamsion

|Western Downs

|1927 (active)

|

|later merges with Kaimkillenbun

|

|-

|Yandaran

|Yandaran

|Bundaberg

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Yandina

|Yandina

|Sunshine Coast

|1938 (active)

|2020 (active)

|

|

|-

|Blackbutt / Yarraman

| Yarraman

| Toowoomba

| 1928 (active, as Yarraman), 1938 (active)

| 2020 (active)

| Known as Yarraman in 1938. Meets at the QCWA Hall at 65 Coulson Street, Blackbutt ({{Coord|-26.8856|152.1027|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Country Women's Association hall}}).

|

|-

|Yarwun-Targinnie

|Yarwun-Targinnie

|Gladstone

|1946 (active)

|1948 (active)

|{{cite news|date=10 September 1946|title=YARWUN|page=7|newspaper=Morning Bulletin|issue=26,593|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56450286|access-date=24 October 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=22 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222095020/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56450286|url-status=live}}

|

|-

|Yelarbon

| Yelarbon

| Goondiwindi

| 1928 (active)

| 1940 (active), 2003 (active)

|

|

|-

|Yeppoon

|Yeppoon

|Livingstone

|1927 (active)

|1938 (active)

|Part of the Yeppoon Emu Park branch initially

|

|-

|Annerley-Yeronga

| Yeronga

| Brisbane

| by October 1928 (founded){{Cite web|title=Annerley-Yeronga|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/annerley-yeronga/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230233325/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch/annerley-yeronga/|archive-date=30 December 2018|access-date=30 December 2018|website=Queensland Country Women's Association}}

| 1938 (active), 2020 (active)

| A Younger Set was formed in June 1947.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49328039 |title=Younger Set for Annerley C.W.A |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |issue=3303 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=26 June 1947 |access-date=12 November 2022 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110081523/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49328039 |url-status=live }}

| frameless
9 School Road, Yeronga

|-

|Yuleba

|Yuleba

|Maranoa

|1938 (active)

|2018 (inactive)

|

|frameless

|-

|Yungaburra

|Yungaburra

|Tablelands

|

|2020 (active)

|

|

|}

Several CWAs maintained and built houses for the use of visiting members, including:

• Brisbane: 'Linga Longa' seaside home, Lower Esplanade, Sandgate, purchased in 1925 by the Metropolitan Branch.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20975936 |title="Linga-Longa" |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |issue=21,153 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=10 November 1925 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110081416/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20975936 |url-status=live }}

::'All members of the C.W.A., except those in the Metropolitan area, are eligible to spend a holiday at the home, but preference is always given to Western women and to sick and necessitous cases.'{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206153233 |title="Linga Longa" |newspaper=Truth |issue=1573 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=18 May 1930 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110081417/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206153233 |url-status=live }}

• Brisbane: 'Lota Cottage' seaside home, Lota, with views to Moreton Bay's islands, was donated by the family as a memorial to a Queensland pioneer, Mrs Mylne, in 1924;
• Dalby: the 'Shack', Mount Mowbullan, Bunya Mountains, from 1928.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article214758838 |title=A new site |newspaper=The Dalby Herald |location=Queensland, Australia |date=10 April 1928 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} By 1951, it was proposed to be sold due to the cost to maintain;{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216778852 |title=Bunyas C.W.A. Shack |newspaper=The Dalby Herald |location=Queensland, Australia |date=22 March 1951 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110081928/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216778852 |url-status=live }} It was managed by the Dalby District CWA.
• Gold Coast: holiday cottage, Tamborine Mountain, by 1929;
• Gold Coast: Southport Cottage, owned by the Saint George branch. The Broad Street building on stilts had four rooms and a sleep-out verandah, originally two cottages on Stradbroke Island, was in use by November 1936, but officially opened in January 1938;{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23388218 |title=St. George C.W.A Cottage at Southport |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Queensland, Australia |date=12 November 1936 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=40 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110081928/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23388218 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37917567 |title=Southport cottage for C.W.A |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |issue=1346 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=23 December 1937 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110082014/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37917567 |url-status=live }}
• Redcliffe, obtained by 1923, and the first-ever glimpse of the sea by members and families;{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72049696 |title=CWA |newspaper=The Capricornian |volume=54 |issue=22 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=30 May 1929 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=67 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110081958/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72049696 |url-status=live }}
• Townsville: Pioneer Women's Memorial Building seaside huts, Mitchell Street, Kissing Point, Townsville, by 1929. This included a 'sharkproof' enclosure for swimming;{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62494831 |title=C.W.A. Kissing Point Baths again sharkproof |newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin |volume=LXXIII |location=Queensland, Australia |date=10 June 1953 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110082017/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62494831 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23127334 |title=The Huts at Kissing Point |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Queensland, Australia |date=21 August 1930 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=51 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110081930/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23127334 |url-status=live }}
• Western: a 'tourist shack', Bandana station, Carnarvon Creek, with two bedrooms and three beds in each, a bathroom, kitchen, and laundry tubs. This was opened in September 1947, and maintained by the Trenhed branch.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75575003 |title=C.W.A. Shack In Carnarvon Range |newspaper=The Central Queensland Herald |volume=18 |issue=965 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=18 September 1947 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=25 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110081931/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/75575003 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201320036 |title=C.W.A. shack opened |newspaper=The Telegraph (Brisbane) |location=Queensland, Australia |date=2 October 1947 |access-date=5 November 2022 |page=4 (City Final Last Minute News) |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110082037/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201320036 |url-status=live }}

At the 1945 State Conference in Brisbane the two following resolutions carried: "That the QCWA adopt a hostel scheme throughout the State," and "Now that the Government has placed certain of the Western hospitals under board control, it would be a comfort to expectant mothers of the West if the Government would include hostels for these waiting mothers in the Hospitals Board scheme."{{cite news |date=19 September 1946 |title=C.W.A CONFERENCE OF 500 DELEGATES OPENED IN R'TON |volume=17 |page=18 |newspaper=The Central Queensland Herald |issue=914 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75342306 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110082504/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/75342306 |url-status=live }}

The following list does not include hostels managed, but not owned, by the QCWA.

• Burnett Street, Bundaberg (for boys){{cite news |date=13 February 1930 |title=The C.W.A. Hostel for Boys at Bundaberg. |page=51 |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22925282 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110082532/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22925282 |url-status=live }}
• Herbert Street, Goondiwindi{{cite news |date=12 March 1931 |title=C.W.A. |page=46 |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23136215 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110082440/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23136215 |url-status=live }}
• Stanthorpe
• Albion Street, Warwick (for girls){{cite news |date=2 February 1928 |title=WARWICK HOSTEL FOR GIRLS. |page=50 |newspaper=The Queenslander |issue=43 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22943691 |accessdate=20 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110082534/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22943691 |url-status=live }}

• Burnett Street, Bundaberg (for students){{Cite web |last=QFHS searchable datasets |first= |title=Commonwealth Electoral Roll (Queensland): Covering years 1903, 1906, 1913, 1922, 1934,1941,1949,1959,1969 |url=https://www.qfhs.org.au/online-access/ |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Queensland Family History Society Inc (QFHS) |at=keyword cwa or qcwa |language=en |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320064042/https://www.qfhs.org.au/online-access/ |url-status=live }}
• Paulina McManus Memorial Home, The Esplanade, Cairns{{cite news |date=25 May 1936 |title=C.W.A. ACHIEVEMENT. |page=6 |newspaper=Cairns Post |issue=10,698 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41737519 |accessdate=21 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110082508/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/41737519 |url-status=live }}
• Herbert Street, Goondiwindi
• Albion Street, Warwick

File:Queensland Country Women's Association Girls' Hostel (2009).jpg

• Alpha{{cite news |date=18 November 1949 |title=ALPHA C.W.A. HOSTEL IN USE |volume=27 |page=12 |newspaper=The Longreach Leader |issue=1712 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125791048 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110082441/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/125791048 |url-status=live }}
• Gregory Terrace, Brisbane (opened 1943 - formerly Holyrood Private Hospital){{cite news |date=1 November 1943 |title=GOVERNOR OPENS CWA HOSTEL |page=3 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS) |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article186839976 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110082539/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186839976 |url-status=live }}
• War Memorial Students' Hostel, Richmond Hill, Charters Towers (for boys){{cite news |date=28 January 1946 |title=WAR MEMORIAL STUDENTS HOSTEL |page=2 |newspaper=The Northern Miner |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81431494 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110083052/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/81431494 |url-status=live }}
• Herbert Street, Goondiwindi
• Mary Tregear Women's Hostel, 84 Limestone Street, Ipswich{{cite QHR|15358|Liberty Hall - Mary Tregear Hostel|600583|accessdate=1 August 2014}}File:Queensland State Archives 2843 Queensland Country Womens Association building used as childrens hostel Ipswich November 1946.png |issue=18,466 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114571570 |accessdate=20 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110082952/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114571570 |url-status=live }}]]
• Students' Hostel, Brisbane Street, Ipswich (for girls){{cite news |date=11 November 1950 |title=The C.W.A. Has Been "In Action" STUDENTS' HOSTELS FUND REDUCED BY £1900 IN THREE YEARS |page=6 (DAILY) |newspaper=Queensland Times |issue=19,925 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117258513 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110083028/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/117258513 |url-status=live }}
• Students' Hostel, Milford Street, Ipswich (for boys)
• Lockyer Women's Hostel, Laidley{{cite news |date=22 October 1949 |title=C.W.A. LOCKYER HOSTEL'S YEAR |page=6 (DAILY) |newspaper=Queensland Times |issue=19,597 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124628962 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110083009/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/124628962 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |date=9 February 1949 |title=C.W.A. in Action |page=7 (DAILY) |newspaper=Queensland Times |issue=19,400 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117097851 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110082945/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/117097851 |url-status=live }}
• Shannon House, Eagle Street, Longreach{{cite news |date=21 June 1946 |title=SHANNON HOUSE OPENED |volume=24 |page=3 |newspaper=The Longreach Leader |issue=1536 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125212064 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110082946/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/125212064 |url-status=live }}
• Mackay{{cite news |date=2 December 1946 |title=C.W.A. ANNUAL MEETING |volume=LXVII |page=6 |newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63010676 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110082946/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63010676 |url-status=live }}
• Archer Street, Rockhampton (formerly St Kilda Guest House){{cite news |date=25 September 1946 |title=CWA YOUNGER SET'S SPRINGTIME BALL |page=7 |newspaper=Morning Bulletin |issue=26,606 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56452156 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}
• Roma (for boys){{cite news |date=8 March 1951 |title=C.W.A. Educational Interest |volume=16 |page=19 |newspaper=Queensland Country Life |issue=35 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97123740 |accessdate=20 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}File:QCWA Hostel and Restroom, Archer Street, Rockhampton. Previously St Kilda Guest House. 1949.png
• Roma (for girls)
• St George
• Stanthorpe (for students){{cite news |date=9 February 1946 |title=Hostel Opened Free of Debt |page=4 (LATE WEEK END FINAL ALL THE NEWS SPORTS FINAL) |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article188439471 |accessdate=20 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia}}
• The Kathleen Parr Student Hostel, Tambo{{cite news |date=5 November 1948 |title=MRS. USSHER RE-ELECTED |volume=26 |page=11 |newspaper=The Longreach Leader |issue=1660 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125607755 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110083615/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/125607755 |url-status=live }}
• 26 Mitchell Street, North Ward, Townsville{{cite news |date=11 September 1946 |title=COUNTRY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION |volume=LXVII |page=6 |newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62998784 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110083555/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62998784 |url-status=live }}
• Tully{{cite news |date=18 June 1947 |title=TULLY C.W.A. HOSTEL |page=6 |newspaper=Cairns Post |issue=14,130 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42558724 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110084116/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/42558724 |url-status=live }}
• Palmerin Street, Warwick

• The Ainsley Templeton Hostel, Alpha{{cite news |date=17 November 1950 |title=C.W. DIVISION Q.C.W.A. PRESIDENT'S REPORT OF CONTINUED PROGRESS |volume=28 |page=15 |newspaper=The Longreach Leader |issue=1764 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125600205 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110084017/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/125600205 |url-status=live }}
• Ayr (for students)
• Templeton House, Barcaldine Mothers' Hostel, Fir Street, Barcaldine
• Callide Valley Hostel, Biloela{{cite news |date=17 July 1952 |title=CALLIDE VALLEY HOSTEL OPENED |page=4 |newspaper=Morning Bulletin |issue=29,040 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57241328 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110084108/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/57241328 |url-status=live }}
• Margaret Young Mothers Hostel, Blackall{{cite news |date=6 November 1953 |title=MARGARET YOUNG HOSTEL COST £10,200 |volume=31 |page=4 |newspaper=The Longreach Leader |issue=1918 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124261632 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110084029/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/124261632 |url-status=live }}
• 52 Herbert Street, Bowen
• 91 Gregory Terrace, Brisbane
• Galatea Street, Charleville{{cite news |date=2 December 1954 |title=C.W.A. —WARREGO DIVISION |page=9 |newspaper=The Charleville Times |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77032336 |accessdate=20 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110084022/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/77032336 |url-status=live }}
• Prior Street, Charters Towers
• 1 Annie Street, Dalby
• Kirby Street, Dirranbandi
• Herbert Street, Goondiwindi
• CWA Students' Memorial Hostel, Goondiwindi (for students)
• Channon Street, Gympie
• Mowbray Street, Hughenden
• 5 Brisbane Street, Ipswich
• Mary Tregear Women's Hostel, 84 Limestone Street, Ipswich
• Byrne Street, Julia Creek{{cite news |date=8 October 1954 |title=JULIA CREEK |volume=LXXIV |page=7 |newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62536537 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110084115/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62536537 |url-status=live }}
• Rose Street, Kilcoy
• 103 Kingaroy Street, Kngaroy{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Anne |date=2022-01-19 |title=Flames Gut Kingaroy Hostel |url=https://southburnett.com.au/news2/2022/01/19/flames-gut-kingaroy-hostel/ |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=southburnett.com.au |language=en-AU |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321014612/https://southburnett.com.au/news2/2022/01/19/flames-gut-kingaroy-hostel/ |url-status=live }}
• Lockyer Women's Hostel, William Street, Laidley
• Shannon House, Longreach{{cite news |date=6 October 1950 |title=NEWS FROM CENTRAL DISTRICT BILOELA |page=11 |newspaper=Morning Bulletin |issue=27,851 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56959701 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110084118/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56959701 |url-status=live }}
• Gordon Street, Mackay
• Lloyd Street, Mareeba
• Cambridge Street, Mitchell
• Monto and District Students' Hostel, Monto{{cite news |date=2 November 1954 |title=Raise £1500 for hostel |page=11 |newspaper=The Courier-mail |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50618748 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110084633/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/50618748 |url-status=live }}
• Isa Street, Mount Isa
• Muttaburra
• Nambour Students' Jubilee Hostel, Nambour (for students – opened 1951){{Cite journal |last=Thomson |first=Elaine |date=May 2019 |title=Memories – C.W.A. Hostel, Nambour |url=https://www.qfhs.org.au/media/1391062/qfhs-historian-vol-40-2-may-2019.pdf |journal=Queensland Family Historian |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=44 |access-date=18 March 2023 |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110084529/https://www.qfhs.org.au/login/?returnurl=%2fmedia%2f1391062%2fqfhs-historian-vol-40-2-may-2019.pdf |url-status=live }}
• Archer Street, Rockhampton{{cite news |date=13 June 1953 |title=CWA ENTERTAINS LADY LAVARACK |page=3 |newspaper=Morning Bulletin |issue=29,315 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57258530 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110084550/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/57258530 |url-status=live }}
• St George
• Railway Street, Stanthorpe
• The Kathleen Parr Student Hostel, Tambo{{cite news |date=5 November 1954 |title=Central West Division Assets Increase By £18,000 |volume=32 |page=12 |newspaper=The Longreach Leader |issue=1970 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124427447 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110084530/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/124427447 |url-status=live }}
• Mallalieu House, Toowong{{Cite book |last=Pagliano AM. |first=Muriel J |url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_290596/Country_Women.pdf?Expires=1679404511&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJKNBJ4MJBJNC6NLQ&Signature=MphG3yaO~ff8VXDcoPU0MVo60YYT92XQmfgiR20OOL23yGvDciG9LeOkBLOnsn9XYW~VClhi50Ji1vvSKFC~iEQe9SdBHyR3txWL6sRaiWvd8xDmPl8jHeADqiuzQkPsCHsVO57TEgt-f-JCpjIw94lbGzW2rNvwa3-YL9kxZCA4DAScJJ5KVjoCozTlhP9sLSdWQuLFio2OYe1jeB7s8QYrSEO9Ylf2d-s3iuEODGic5nc8PcuRP9dZooBz-4UpnuxkPLoCpSY3Qy0i~phz6A8AMAbMRHw91ftTJI4F640h6xUkmgI5TYVEMa6XkYSKHHU6u8-j78-UgvYR61qORg__ |title=COUNTRY WOMEN History of the First Seventy Five Years |isbn=0 646 33472 7 |pages=195, 196}}
• Memorial Hostel, Denham Street, corner of Walker Street, Townsville{{cite news |date=5 May 1951 |title=MEMORIAL HOSTEL FOR C.W.A. MOTHERS |volume=LXXI |page=6 |newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63143229 |accessdate=19 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110084532/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63143229 |url-status=live }}
• Tully{{cite news |date=18 June 1947 |title=TULLY C.W.A. HOSTEL |page=6 |newspaper=Cairns Post |issue=14,130 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42558724 |accessdate=21 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110084116/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/42558724 |url-status=live }}
• Palmerin Street, Warwick
• Winton Mothers' Hostel{{cite news |date=28 January 1954 |title=CENTRAL DISTRICT NEWS |volume=23 |page=24 |newspaper=The Central Queensland Herald |issue=1251 |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75430618 |accessdate=20 March 2023 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110084641/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/75430618 |url-status=live }}
• Winton (for students)

Source:

• Chippendale Street, Ayr
• Blackall
• Herbert Street, Bowen
• Gregory Terrace, Brisbane
• ‘The Lodge’ Trainee Teachers’ Hostel’, Boundary Street, Brisbane{{Cite book |last=Pagliano AM. |first=Muriel J. |url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_290596/Country_Women.pdf?Expires=1679404511&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJKNBJ4MJBJNC6NLQ&Signature=MphG3yaO~ff8VXDcoPU0MVo60YYT92XQmfgiR20OOL23yGvDciG9LeOkBLOnsn9XYW~VClhi50Ji1vvSKFC~iEQe9SdBHyR3txWL6sRaiWvd8xDmPl8jHeADqiuzQkPsCHsVO57TEgt-f-JCpjIw94lbGzW2rNvwa3-YL9kxZCA4DAScJJ5KVjoCozTlhP9sLSdWQuLFio2OYe1jeB7s8QYrSEO9Ylf2d-s3iuEODGic5nc8PcuRP9dZooBz-4UpnuxkPLoCpSY3Qy0i~phz6A8AMAbMRHw91ftTJI4F640h6xUkmgI5TYVEMa6XkYSKHHU6u8-j78-UgvYR61qORg__ |title=COUNTRY WOMEN History of the First Seventy Five Years (PDF). |isbn=0 646 33472 7 |page=239}}
• Galatea Street, Charleville
• Cloncurry
• 1 Annie Street, Dalby
• Gayndah
• McLean Street, Goondiwindi (for students)
• Gympie
• Mowbray Street, Hughenden
• Great Road, Inglewood (opened November 1950)
• Mary Tregear Women's Hostel, 84 Limestone Street, Ipswich
• 5 Brisbane Street, Ipswich
• Kilcoy
• 103 Kingaroy Street, Kngaroy
• Lockyer Women's Hostel, William Street, Laidley
• 119 Crane Street, Longreach
• 115 Kingfisher Street, Longreach
• Gordon Street, Mackay
• Isa Street, Mount Isa
• Muttaburra
• Archer Street, Rockhampton
• Feather Street, Roma
• Victoria Street, Saint George
• Porphyry Street, Springsure
• 69 William Street, Surat
• Tambo
• 20 Arthur Street, Toowoomba
• Memorial Hostel, Denham Street, corner of Walker Street, Townsville
• Palmerin Street, Warwick
• Winton (for students)

In 1935 Fairfax was appointed an Officer of the British Empire in recognition of her service.{{Cite web |title=Obituary - Ruth Beatrice Fairfax |url=http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fairfax-ruth-beatrice-6134 |access-date=2017-02-01 |work=Obituaries Australia |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710004736/https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fairfax-ruth-beatrice-6134 |url-status=live }}

Alice Berry was promoted from Officer (OBE) of the Order of the British Empire to Dame Commander (DBE) of the order on 1 January 1960 for "services to country women".[http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0009b.htm Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710004734/https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0009b.htm |date=10 July 2023 }}, womenaustralia.info; accessed 18 April 2016.

On 11 June 1960 in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, Honoria Christina Atherton was awarded the Order of the British Empire - Officer (Civil) (Imperial) "in recognition of service to the Qld Country Women's Association."{{cite web |year=2015 |title=Former Members |url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2521361482 |accessdate=12 March 2016 |publisher=Parliament of Queensland |archive-date=13 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313030547/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2521361482 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=ATHERTON, Honoria Christina |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1109632 |access-date=3 December 2016 |website=It's An Honour |publisher=Australian Government |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710004733/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1109632 |url-status=live }}

On 9 June 2003 in the Queen's Birthday Honours List, Jean Eva Anderson of Ballater Station at Stamford was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for her "service to the community of Hughenden, particularly through the Country Womens Association". She had given 52 years of service to the Hughenden branch. Her award was presented to her by the then Governor of Queensland, Quentin Bryce.{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/180874215|title=Portrait of Mrs Jean Anderson of Stamford with Order of Australia medal, 2003|access-date=3 January 2019|archive-date=14 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914000218/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/180874215|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1043822|title=ANDERSON, Jean Eva|website=It's an Honour|publisher=Australian Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102222442/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1043822|archive-date=2 January 2019|url-status=live|access-date=3 January 2019}}

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• {{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9529644|title=Country women : history of the first seventy five years : the Queensland Country Women's Association|author1=Pagliano|first=Muriel|publisher=Merino Lithographics|publication-date=1998}}—full text available online.

• {{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/15294934|title=The Queensland Country Women's Association, fifty years 1922-1972|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|publication-date=1972}}

{{Commons category-inline|Queensland Country Women's Association}}

• [https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/queensland-country-womens-association-turns-100 Queensland Country Women's Association turns 100!] 2022, John Oxley Library blog, State Library of Queensland
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99183898120402061 Queensland Country Women's Association Digital Stories and Oral History], State Library of Queensland
• [https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/tep/30832 Archived official website], Trove, State Library of Queensland
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma99101283402061 Queensland Country Women's Association 1962 Photographs], State Library of Queensland
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma997600784702061 Tour of Branches of the Northern and Central Divisions by Mrs. Fairfax and Joan White], State Library of Queensland

State Library of Queensland holds the following records:

• [http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/f/1oppkg1/slq_alma21148832430002061 Queensland Country Women's Association Records 1923-2002]
• [http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/f/1oppkg1/slq_alma21148520740002061 Queensland Country Women's Association Records 1926-2008]
• [http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/f/1oppkg1/slq_alma21148721600002061 Queensland Country Women's Association Records 1923-2010]
• [http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/f/fhnkog/slq_alma21148707630002061 Queensland Country Women's Association Minute Books 1924-2013]
• [http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/primo-explore/search?query=any,contains,queensland%20country%20womens%20association&tab=slq&search_scope=SLQ&vid=SLQ&offset=0 and others]

Category:1922 establishments in Australia

Category:Organizations established in 1922

Category:Country Women's Association

Category:National Rural Health Alliance organisations