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Australian Women
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Elsie Women's Refuge (1973 - ) |
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| Function: Women's refuge | |
| Location: Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
Elsie Women's Refuge was the first refuge set up in Australia for women and children escaping a violent home who had nowhere to sleep. The refuge offered advice and assistance in relation to the legal, welfare and health systems. |
| Sources used to compile this entry: Lake, Marilyn (1999) Getting Equal. The History of Australian Feminism. Allen & Unwin Re-edit B.Lemon 16/11/05. | |
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 23 December 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0018b.htm |