Hawkesbury Benevolent Society

Hawkesbury Benevolent Society was established in the Hawkesbury District of New South Wales by a group of like-minded men in December 1818. The aim of the society was to provide for the poor, ill and destitute of the area and ran the hospital and asylum in Macquarie Street, Windsor from 1846 until 1936 when the facility was taken over by the NSW goverment as a public hospital under the Public Hospitals Act 1929.

One of its founding members was Archibald Bell of North Richmond. Bell had arrived with his wife and family aboard the Young William in July 1807. Those also present were William Cox, Reverend Cartwright, Dr James Mileham, Captain Brabyn, Thomas Pitt, John Jones, Henry Baldwin and George Hall.

A History of the Hawkesbury Benevolent Society was written by Windsor solicitor and member of NSW Parliament, William Walker in 1887. It is available online from the National Library of Australia. The State Library of NSW holds a collection of the papers of the society from c. 1819 until 1867 as well as the records of the hospital from 1840 until 1979.

Information of the history the society may also be found in the Local Studies Collection at Hawkesbury Library. including a history of the society by D G Bowd, microfilm copies of the records and a number of images which are also avalable online.

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