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''The Australian Women's Register'' is a fully searchable online database which aims to cover Australian women and Australian Women's organisations. It combines many resources and allows users to find historical and contemporary material on notable Australian women in all fields. It aims to help users find * women * organisations * archives * publications * and other digital resources. Part of the Australian Women's Archives Project, it was established in 2000 and is maintained by the National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW), together with the
University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...
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National Foundation for Australian Women

The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) was set up by a group of
women's rights Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...
campaigners who wished to establish a body to promote
women's movement The feminist movement (also known as the women's movement, or feminism) refers to a series of social movements and political campaigns for radical and liberal reforms on women's issues created by the inequality between men and women. Such is ...
ideas and policies. It was established in 1989 with seed money of $100,000 from Pamela Denoon and a
trust fund A trust is a legal relationship in which the holder of a right gives it to another person or entity who must keep and use it solely for another's benefit. In the Anglo-American common law, the party who entrusts the right is known as the "settl ...
in her name. It was to be independent of political parties and was to form partnerships with other women's organisations. Its purpose was to ensure that women's history, knowledge, and wisdom would be accessible to new generations of women, and to advance and protect Australian women's interest in all spheres of life.


See also

* Convict women in Australia *
List of Australian women artists This is a list of women artists who were born in Australia or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. A *Anita Aarons (1912–2000), sculptor *Prue Acton (born 1943), fashion designer * Yilpi Adamson (born 1954), textile artist ...
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List of Australian women writers This is a list of women writers born in Australia or closely associated with it in their writings. As with other Wikipedia page lists, writers need a page before inclusion. A * Mena Kasmiri Abdullah (born 1930), short story writer * Joyce Ackro ...
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List of Australian sportswomen List of notable Australian sportswomen. List is based on their inclusion into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, Olympic and Paralympic individual gold medalist, multiple individual medalist at Olympic Games and world championships or recognized ...
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Women and government in Australia Government in Australia is elected by universal suffrage and Australian women participate in all levels of the government of the nation. In 1902, the newly formed Commonwealth of Australia became the first nation on earth to enact equal suffr ...
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Women in the Australian military Women currently make up 19.2% of the ADF workforce. Women have served in Australian armed forces since 1899. Until World War II women were restricted to the Australian Army Nursing Service. This role expanded in 1941–42 when the Royal Austra ...


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External links

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National Federation for Australian women: website
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