The Australian Association of Lyceum Clubs, formed in 1972 from several smaller clubs, is an Australian arts, literature and social activism group for women only.
The aim of the AALC is to promote a spirit of goodwill and understanding within the Association and to enhance the enjoyment of Lyceum by providing opportunities for contact and friendship with members of other Lyceum Clubs.
The first Lyceum Club was founded in London, England in 1904 by Constance Smedley.
Ethel Osborne and Alice Maud Sewell founded a Lyceum Club in Melbourne after visiting the London club in 1910, and Ethel was elected vice-president during the first meeting on 21 March 1912.
By the club' Constitution, the office of president changes every two years: 1922 Dr Helen Mayo; 1924 Dr Christina Krakowsky; 1926 Mrs John Corbin; 1928 Mrs Charles Todd[9] 1930 Mrs. Allen Simpson; 1932 Dr. Eleanor Allen (died 1937);[10] 1934 Lady Mawson; 1936 Mabel Marryat; 1938 Mrs A. Killen Macbeth; 1940 Mrs. Carlile McDonnell; 1942 Mrs Charles A. Hutchinson; 1944 Mrs A. Grenfell Price; 1922 Margaret Darnley Naylor; 1924–1928 Mildred Mocatta; 1928–1944 Rica Hübbe 1922 Annie Hornabrook[11] 1923 Florence M. Saunders; 1926 Martha Crompton; Mrs A. E. H. Evans; 1928–1944 Dorothy L. Gilbert[12] 1944– Mrs Percy Ifould