BALLARAT AND DISTRICT RED CROSS

The Ballarat and District branch was governed by a council of 50 subscriber members.

The branch reported a membership of 2000. These members and donors made 286,195 articles during the war. A total of £37,662/17/4 was raised, and £3 975 had been sent away to various appeals. These figures would be aggregates. Ballarat alone had 230 members. In 1916-17, £8485 was raised and 62 945 items were sent away.

The branch conducted a Central Workroom and Depot at the City Hall, Ballarat. Names of donors and a brief description of the donated goods or money were reported regularly in The Courier. In some instances the donor was identified as the contact person for a sub-branch.

Red Cross branches recognised as sub-branches of the Ballarat and District branch were –

Ascot
Baptist Church
Bethel Welsh Presbyterian, Sebastopol 
Bullarook
Burrumbeet
Cambrian Hill
Chepstowe
Christ Church Anglican Cathedral
Congregational Church 
Cymrodorion Society, Bethel, Lydiard St
Dean 
Durham Lead
Ebenezer Presbyterian
Egerton
Grenville
Kingston
Learmonth
Linton
Lydiard Street Methodist
McMillans Bridge
Mt Prospect
Mount Mercer
Miners Rest
Mollonghip
Mortchup
Neil Street Methodist
Pleasant Street Methodist
Rocky Lead 
Rokewood
Rokewood Junction
Sebastopol
Scarsdale Presbyterian 
Scots Presbyterian Church
Scotsburn
Skipton Street Methodist
Smeaton
Smythe's Road
Smythesdale
St Andrew's Presbyterian 
St John's Church of England
St Paul's Church of England (Ballarat East)
St Patrick's Cathedral Roman Catholic
St Peter's Church of England 
Town and City Mission
Wallace
Wallinduc
Warrenheip
Wattle Flat
Waubra
Wendouree
Windermere & Burrumbeet

The Ballarat & District Red Cross branch included a number of government school branches –

Agricultural High School
Alfredton
Bald Hills 
Black Hill
Brown Hill
Dana Street 
Dereel
Enfield 
Green Hills
Grenville
Humffray Street
Napoleons
Magpie
Mt Pleasant 
Napoleons
Queen Street 
Scotchman's Lead 
Sebastopol 
Urquhart Street

Numerous local business also offered monetary and goods donations.

The Hon Frederick Brawn MLC, was a member of the Red Cross State Divisional Committee.