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Elsie Women's Refuge (1973 - )

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.

Published Resources

Lake, Marilyn, Getting Equal: The History of Australian Feminism, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, 1999, 316 pp. [ Details... ]
Melville, Roselyn, 'Australian Women's Refuge Funding - a New South Wales Case Study: 1970 to 1990s', 1998c, http://www.philanthropy.org/GN/KEN/gntext/melville.htm. [ Details... ]
Summers, Anne, 'Memorable Summers', in Features and Arts, 1 November 1999, http://www.smh.com.au/news/9911/01/features/features1.html. [ Details... ]
Summers, Anne; Park Ruth (foreword by), Ducks on the Pond: An Autobiography 1945-1976, Viking, Ringwood, Vic., 1999, 438 pp. [ Details... ]

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Prepared by: Elle Morrell
Created: 5 September 2000
Modified: 16 November 2005

Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site
Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info
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Updated: 23 December 2008
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