Royal Society for the Blind

The Royal Society for the Blind (RSB), formerly the Institute for the Blind and Royal Institute for the Blind, is a not-for-profit organisation providing services to South Australians who are blind or vision impaired.

Aerial image of western part of Gilles Plains, South Australia, looking north. The blue and white buildings further down are the property of the Royal Society for the Blind.

The RSB was founded by Andrew Whyte Hendry (who was blinded as a child) and Sir Charles Goode in 1884, as the Institute for the Blind when they started an industrial school.[1] It later became the Royal Institute for the Blind in 1903,[2] and the Royal Society for the Blind in 1974.[3]

References
  1. "History". Royal Society for the Blind. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  2. "ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXVII, no. 17, 442. South Australia. 8 October 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 27 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Royal Institution for the Blind Act Amendment Act (No 73 of 1974)" – via Austlii.


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