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The Australian Local Government Women's Association was created in Canberra on October 15, 1951, at a meeting held in the hotel suite of Councillor Mrs Violet Lambert of Fern Tree Gully Shire Council, Victoria, by 16 local government women drawn from all States of Australia then attending the Jubilee Women's Convention in the Jubilee Year of the Commonwealth of Australia (19/01/1951). It was probably the only far reaching outcome of this great conference. A provisional committee was elected with representation from most States of Australia. A permanent national organisation took shape at the First National Conference in Canberra, October 19, 1966, attended by 53 people. Alderman Marjorie GE Propsting of Lane Cove, NSW was chosen as National President, a position she held until 1970.
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