Agent TypeOrganisationIdentifierUMA-AG-000000223Activities & OccupationsFeminist collectivesHistoryThe proposal for a separate women's organisation within AUS was ratified at a national meeting of the Women in Tertiary Education held in Canberra in Nov. 1974. In Jan 1975 the AUS Women's Department was established to provide information, support and advocacy for women tertiary students. They published 'Women's News Service' to provide a forum for discussion of issues that affected both women students and women in the community. This collection is No.14 of the Victorian Women's Liberation and Lesbian Feminist Archive
Australian Union of Students - Women's Department, [UMA-AG-000000223]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 17/12/2025, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/58264
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