- From
- November 1973
Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupations
- Women's refuge
Summary
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, Getting Equal: The History of Australian Feminism, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, 1999, 316 pp.
may I have more information about the first women's refuge in Australia
Angie - 13 September 2010, 10:58 PM EST
Click on Published Resources, above. The list there is all we know of at this stage.
AWAP Administrator - 27 September 2010, 5:00 PM EST