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Australian Local Government Women's Association - South Australian Branch (1964? - )

Born
1964?
Occupation
Lobby group, Political organisation and Women's Rights Organisation

Summary

The formation of the Australian Local Government Women's Association - South Australian Branch was precipated by the formation of a national Australian Local Government Women's Association in Canberra in 1951. A non-party organisation, it was inspired particularly inspired by the belief that more women should be involved in local government partly because this arm of government was especially relevant to housewives and mothers.

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Archival resources

State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana

  • Interview with Elizabeth Furner [sound recording] Interviewer: June Donovan, OH 250/14; Furner, Elizabeth (1916 - ); State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details

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See also

  • Smith, A. Viola, Women in Australian Parliaments and Local Governments, Past and Present, Australian Local Government Women's Association; Australian National Advisory Committee on International Women's Year, Australian Local Government Women's Association, Canberra, 1975, 148 pp. Details

Robin Secomb and Jane Carey

Created: 6 February 2004, Last modified: 22 December 2004

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