Louisa Lawson House (LLH) was a mental health centre for women in Leichhardt, New South Wales that operated from 1982 to 1994.
[2] Louisa Lawson House was formed by members of the women's liberation movement (WLM), which began in Sydney in 1969.
[5]: 132–155 At the time, there was internal disagreement about whether to accept or apply for state funding among activists in Sydney women's refuge groups.
[7] Beginning in 1985, LLH gradually secured increasing state funds to facilitate operation such as for the "halfway house".
[8] In the process, the organisation became more bureaucratic and less politically engaged, stopping feminist activism which was not relevant to securing funding.