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Agnes Goode - References

This page contains a number of links from research into the life of Agnes Goode, born Agnes Knight Fleming in 1872, was a South Australian woman who spoke out against what she saw as the discriminatory treatment of women in civic and political life. In 1925, Agnes Goode made history by becoming the first woman elected to local government in South Australia. She was on the organising committee for the Hackney Free Kindergarten was opened in 1926 and Stepney Free Kindergarten opened in 1946.

Agnes Goode - Public Meeting

While conservative in her values, it was her pioneering role in the Corporation of the Town of St Peters Council, representing the Hackney Ward until 1935, that saw her challenging the expectations that confronted women during this period.

You are invited to a talk on Agnes Goode on Wednesday 5th November at 7pm by Denise Schumann OAM, Historian & Heritage Consultant

Portrait of Agnes Goode

AGM - 22 March 2023

Wednesday 22 March at 7.30pm, in the St Peters Banquet Hall

Spies, Secrets, Clandestine Operations and the St Peters Town Hall like something from a John le Carre novel!’
In late December 1962, on a scorcher of a day, an attractive woman waited outside the St Peters Town Hall, a double agent, she was part of an ASIO sting to uncover a ring of Soviet spies. But who was really watching who?

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