Australian Local Government Women's Association - South Australian Branch | AWR

Entry type: Organisation
Entry ID: AWE0710

Australian Local Government Women’s Association – South Australian Branch

(From 1964 – )

Occupation Lobby group, Political organisation, Women's Rights Organisation

Summary

The formation of the Australian Local Government Women’s Association – South Australian Branch was preceded 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.

Published resources

Resource
- Trove, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-561079
Book
- Women in Australian Parliaments and Local Governments, Past and Present : A Survey, Smith, A. Viola, 1975

Archival resources

State Library of South Australia
- Interview with Elizabeth Furner [sound recording] Interviewer: June Donovan

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Foundation member
- Walker, Ellinor Gertrude (1893 - 1990)
President
- Furner, Elizabeth (1916 - 2004)
Affiliated
- Australian Local Government Women's Association (1951 - )

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