The refuge, now operated as a company limited by guarantee with the name Bonnie Support Services Ltd, is registered as a public benevolent institution.
[4] It continues to provide vital support and crisis accommodation for women and children experiencing and escaping domestic violence.
Bonnie's was established by a group of female volunteers including Susan Varga, Kay Ferrington, Joan Killorn, Betty Pybus and Edith Warburton.
At the time, women living at Bonnie contributed to their food and the grant covered all other operating costs, which amounted to around $30,000 per year.
[11] In 1978, Fairfield Council donated land, where a new refuge was built with funding from both Federal and New South Wales governments.
From 1985, women's refuges were granted funding under the joint Commonwealth and State Support Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP).