About Ionians

The Ionian Club is an Australia wide women’s social network which provides an opportunity to make new friends. 

We welcome women who are international arrivals or just newcomers to an area, and assist them in ways to meet new people. 

Some of our clubs also welcome women who have new life circumstances wanting to join a women’s friendship support group.

The first Ionian Club was founded by Phyllis McDonald in Launceston on October 3rd 1946. As a newcomer to that city, she experienced the loneliness and isolation that many women felt when moving to a new location.  Fortunately for many thousands of women since, in similar circumstances,  Phyllis was able to form a group that supported one another and enjoyed each other’s company and interests.

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