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Save Our Sons Movement (1965 - 1973)

From
1965
To
1973

Summary

First established in Sydney, and later in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Newcastle and Adelaide the movement protested against conscription of Australians to fight in the Vietnam war. The movement made conscription of men under 18 who were not eligible to vote at that time a focus of their campiagn.

In 1970, five Save Our Sons women were jailed in Melbourne for handing out anti-conscription pamphlets whilst on government property. They included Jean Maclean, Rene Miller and Jo Maclaine-Cross.

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Archival resources

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Save Our Sons Movement Records, 1965 - 1973, MS 3821; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

National Library of Australia, Pictorial Collection

Published resources

Journals

  • [Sydney] Save our Sons movement 1965-1972 (ed.), S.O.S. Newsletter, 1965-1972. Details

Online Resources

See also

  • Francis, Rosemary, 'Women in protest movements: the Women's Peace Army and the Save Our Sons Movement.', Hons thesis, The University of Melbourne, 1984. Details
  • Fryer Library with research by Yorick Smaal, Worth Fighting For!, University of Queensland, 2008, http://www.library.uq.edu.au/fryer/worth_fighting/. Details
  • Pauline Armstrong, 'A history of the Save Our Sons movement of Victoria: 1965-1973', MA thesis, Monash University, 1991. Details

Elle Morrell

Created: 15 February 2001, Last modified: 26 October 2005

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