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The Australian Women's Register (AWR) is a searchable
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which aims to cover Australian women and Australian women's organisations. It is maintained by the National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) and the
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History and description

Part of the Australian Women's Archives Project, the Australian Women's Register was established in 2000 and is maintained by the National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW), together with the University of Melbourne. The Australian Women's Register is a searchable online database that combines many resources and allows users to find historical and contemporary material on notable Australian women in all fields, as well as women's organisations. It aims to help users find: * women * organisations * archives * publications * and other digital resources.


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 Entitlement (fair division), 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 c ...
campaigners who wished to establish a body to promote
women's movement The feminist movement, also known as the women's movement, refers to a series of social movements and political campaigns for radical and liberal reforms on women's issues created by inequality between men and women. Such issues are women's ...
ideas and policies. It was established in 1989 with seed money of $100,000 from Pamela Denoon and a trust fund 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 * List of Australian women writers * List of Australian sportswomen * Women and government in Australia * Women in the Australian military


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* * {{Authority control 2000 establishments in Australia Databases in Australia Online databases Women's organisations based in Australia Women in Australia