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Locations of Lyceum Club Brisbane 1919 – 2019

Dates Building Location Presidents
1.  1919 – 1922 Metropolitan Chambers 385 Adelaide Street (later Commonwealth Bank cnr Albert Street Margaret Ogg, May Paten, Freda Bage
2.  Late 1922 / Mar 1924 Bible House 108 George Street   (next to Govt Printer, opp Mary Street, Telephone 5944 Gwendolyn Grant, Hermione Parnell
3. 1925 – 1926 Albert House Level 5, Albert Street, (demolished for King George Square), no Telephone Dr Jean White Haney
4. Mon 2 Aug 1926 – May 1929 Rothwells Chambers 257 Edward Street, Telephone 7892 Mrs Firmin McKinnon (Emmie
5.  1930 – 1965 ACA Bldg (Aust Catholic Assurance) Level 2 (Rms 8&9), 272 Queen Street  Telephone B9441 Mary Munro, W. Young, Eva Robson, Elizabeth Amos, Mrs W H Herbert, Doris Booth OBE, Lady Hilda Axon, Mrs G I Fletcher, Mrs Olga Alcock, Lady Cilento, Mrs A F Gollnick, Mona Mann, Ann E Douglas, Mrs D Felsman, Winifred Brennan MBE, Bid O’Sullivan
6.  1965 – 1979 Archibald Court 21 Adelaide Street, Telephone 221 7999 Mrs H C Urquhart, Mrs A L Reiman, Mrs J F A Sprent, Mrs Mary Graham, Mrs E M Shepherd, Mrs Winifred Brennan MBE
7.  Mid 1979 – Dec 1980 Norwich House 127 – 141 Eagle Street (demolished for ‘Riverside’ construction), Telephone 221 7999 Mrs Marion Specht
8. 1981 – 1985 Empire House Cnr Queen & Wharf (1 Wharf Street), Telephone 221 7999 Mrs Marion Specht, Mrs Janet Behan
9. 1985 –  May 1990 Old NAB Building Rm 531, 180 Queen Street, Telephone 221 7999 May Hancock OBE, Dr Cathryn Mittelheuser AM
10. May 1990 – 1994 Advance Bank House (also known as Ascot Chambers) 2nd Floor, 218 Edward Street, Telephone 221 7999 Dr Cathryn Mittelheuser AM, Mrs Shirley Paterson
11. 1995 – 2001 Level 17, T & G Building 141 Queen Street, Telephone 3221 7999, Email: lyceumbrisbane@b022.aone.net.au (1997) Web page: http://www.womenz net.au/~lyceumbris (1998) http://www.aone.net.au/lyceum  (2000) Norma Alcorn MBE, Helen Lucas, Margaret McNamara
12. 2002 – 2007 Level 21, T & G Building 141 Queen Street, Email: lyceumbrisbane@bigpond.com Web page discontinued 2002 until 2005 Website: www.lyceumbrisbane.org.au  recommenced by Shirley King Margaret McNamara, Colleen Andrews, June Fox, Shirley A King
13. 2007 – 2019 Level 4, 99 Creek Street Faseny McPhee, Kay Brassil, Desoree Sneddon, Lyn Badrick, Faseny McPhee, Deborah Prior, Coleen Andrews

 Researched and collated by Helen Lucas

in consultation with former Lyceum presidents: Dr Cathryn Mittelheuser AM, and Mrs Janet Behan, as well as historian Dr Ruth Kerr OAM