The Australian Women's Register

The Adelaide Women’s Liberation Movement began at the University of Adelaide in 1968, with the women who were active in young labour, the anti-Vietnam war campaign questing their frustration and roles in these groups that were male dominated. Anna Yeatman, Anne Summers and Julie Ellis are credited with starting the newsletters Sisterhood, and Body Political by late 1969 they produced Liberation, the Adelaide Women’s Liberation Newsletter which replaced Sisterhood. Their first protest was against the Miss Fresher competition, which gain media exposer to their ideas of women’s liberation. Public meetings where called and the broader community involvement brought about the establishment of the Women’s Liberation Movement housed at Bloor House. They provided an environment where ideas for supporting women’s rights were fostered. From this the Women’s Liberation Movement in Adelaide was the catalyst for the establishment of the Women’s Health Centre at Hindmarsh, The Rape Crisis Centre, Women’s Studies Resource Centre, Abortion Action Campaign, St Peters Women’s Community Centre, Women’s Health Centers at Chrisities Beach and Elizabeth, lobbied for Women’s Studies to be part of Tertiary education, women’s representation in parliaments, Working Women’s Centre to Protect women’s working rights, the Women’s Peace Movement. Bloor House provided a space for women to express their personal political ideas and to get feedback and support. The Women’s Liberation Movement moved from Bloor House to Eden St in Adelaide and then to Mary St, Hindmarsh were it was closed in 1989. Records of the Adelaide Women’s Liberation Movement including correspondence, publications, newsletters and newspaper cuttings.