National Women's Advisory Council (1978 - )

The National Women's Advisory Council was established as a new channel of communication between the Women's Affairs Branch of the federal government and the wider community of women. Chaired by Beryl Beaurepaire it had Aboriginal, migrant, rural and trade union women among the members.

The National Women's Advisory Centre research budget enabled the conduct and sponsorship of a number of research projects into women's economic circumstances, migrant women, mothers of disabled children, and the aged.

It provided ongoing funding for the Working Women's Centre in Melbourne.

Previous and Subsequent Entities

 1978 - National Women's Advisory Council
        National Women's Consultative Council

Chair

• Beaurepaire, Beryl Edith (1923 - )

Member

• McConnell, Joyce Marion (1916 - )

  [1982 - 1984]

Related Corporate Bodies

• Working Women's Centre Melbourne (1975 - 1984)

Reports

• National Women's Advisory Council, Migrant women speak : a report to the Commonwealth Government, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1979, 55 pp. [ Details... ]

See also

• 'Primary description of agency CA 3291 (National Women's Advisory Council)', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+3291. [ Details... ]
• Lake, Marilyn, Getting Equal: The History of Australian Feminism, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, 1999, 316 pp. [ Details... ]
• Sawer, Marian, 'Femocrats and Ecorats: Women's Policy Machinery in Australia, Canada and New Zealand', United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 1996, http://www.unrisd.org/html/op/opb/opb6/op6.htm. [ Details... ]