The Blue Triangle Community

1924: Middle class Geelong women formed The Blue Triangle Community in 1924 to prepare young girls for their entry into the workforce as many were working from 14 years of age in the factories of Geelong (Woollen Mills, etc). The Blue Triangle offered social events, organised sports, holiday camps & sex education as part of their general support for these young women. Their aim was to help young women ‘find the best in life’ & ‘develop all of their powers’. This included establishing Thrift club – volunteers collected money from the girls to put into their bank account as they couldn’t get to the bank easily themselves. The Blue Triangle became Geelong Girls' Unity Club which in its turn was a forerunner of Geelong Netball.