Australian Greek Welfare Society.

Also known as
Australian Greek Welfare Society. (1972-)
Function
Ethnic Welfare Organisation
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http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an35242381
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The Australian Greek Welfare Society (AGWS) was estabalished in Melbourne in 1972 with the aim of lobbying for the rights of migrants and their children, and to improve services in the area of education, health, welfare, child care and language services. It's continuing purpose is to empower members of the Australian-Greek community to reach their full potential, by undertaking service provision, advocacy, policy development and research in aninnovative,culturally and lingustically appropriate manner. The AGWS is not a women's organisation; nevertheless it has significant female representation in its executive and on its board and has historically advocated on behalf of women and their interests.

The Australian Greek Welfare Society (AGWS) was established in 1972 as an outgrowth of the welfare subcommittee of the Greek Professional's Association. Politically neutral from the outset, the AGWS differentiated itself from other organisations representing Greek-Australians in both aims and style; it existed to lobby 'overtly and aggressively' from a rights-based platform. While existing Greek-Australian communal and Church organisations were 'defenisively ethnic and more inward looking' in their orientation and operations, AGWS was outward focused and political, not in terms of party allegience but in terms of promoting public debate about important multicultural issues. The organisation has been very influential at times when crucial debates about ethnicity and multiculturalism have been running in the community at large. During the 1977 Federal election campaign, it was one of only a few ethnic organisations visited by the leaders of the three key political parties, a key measure of its influence at a time when multicultural issues were being placed on the national agenda.

Some early AGWS initiatives directed towards the needs of women include the establishment of a child care centre and before and after school care programs. Further specific service development relevant to the women's area was the establishment, after extensive lobbying, of a marital guidance counselling position at the agency in 1981. From 1981-86 the agency was able to continue the running of this programme which met the very specific needs of the Greek community. Related to this, the AGWS also provided important counselling and information services for single parents who, in the Greek community bore the stigma of divorce and separation, as well as the loneliness and isolation experienced by single parents in the broader Australian community.

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Australian Women's Register

  1. Australian Greek Welfare Society: Twenty Years
    Australian Greek Welfare Society
    [2006]
    Series: http://agws.com.au/history.asp
  2. Greek Women of the Mass Migration Period Today
    Australian Greek Welfare Society
    [1988]

Resources by Australian Greek Welfare Society. (22)

  1. Greek action bulletin / Australian Greek Welfare Society
    Australian Greek Welfare Society
    [ Periodical : 1974-1987 ]
    Languages: English, Greek, Modern (1453- )
    At 10 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 140.797)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 140.797)

  2. Pipeline / Australian Greek Welfare Society
    Australian Greek Welfare Society
    [ Periodical : 1989-2011 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 61.902)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 61.902)

  3. Australian Greek Welfare Society : established 3rd September, 1972 : a report on its first fifteen months, September 1972 to November, 1972 : a social comment
    Australian Greek Welfare Society
    [ Book : 1973 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 38.701)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 38.701)

  4. Educating the disabled in a multicultural society : Australian Greek Welfare Society policy statement
    Australian Greek Welfare Society
    [ Book : 1983 ]
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.725)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.725)

  5. Multicultural Australia : a programme for the 80's / Australian Greek Welfare Society
    Australian Greek Welfare Society
    [ Book : 1979 ]
    At 6 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 18.691)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 18.691)

  6. Greek women of the mass migration period today / The Australian Greek Welfare Society
    Australian Greek Welfare Society
    [ Book : 1988 ]
    At Monash Uni Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.033)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 16.033)

  7. The love of two countries : Greeks by birth, Australians by home = Oi agapē gia dyo patrides : stēn katagōgē Ellēnes, Australoi logō katoikias
    Australian Greek Welfare Society
    [ Book : 1996 ]
    Languages: English, Greek, Modern (1453- )
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 15.39)

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  8. Greek retrenched workers / prepared for Australian Greek Welfare Society Victoria, this report has been research and compiled by Poppy Fotiadis
    Fotiadis, Poppy
    [ Book : 1988 ]
    Languages: English, Greek, Modern (1453- )
    At Victoria University
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.237)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.237)

  9. The injured ethnic, a medical and social problem : the collective papers presented at the "Injured Ethnic" seminar / [sponsored by] the Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine, Australian Greek Welfare Society
    Injured Ethnic Seminar Melbourne) (1977 :
    [ Conference Proceedings : 1977 ]
    At 2 libraries
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.866)

  10. Migrants & occupational health : a case study of a Melbourne industry (preliminary report) / [overall project committee, Australian Greek Welfare Society, Australian New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine, Centre for Urban Research and Action ;...
    Storer, Des
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Resources about Australian Greek Welfare Society. (4)

  1. Greek action bulletin / Australian Greek Welfare Society
    Australian Greek Welfare Society
    [ Periodical : 1974-1987 ]
    Languages: English, Greek, Modern (1453- )
    At 10 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 138.086)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 138.086)

  2. Pipeline / Australian Greek Welfare Society
    Australian Greek Welfare Society
    [ Periodical : 1989-2011 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 59.96)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 59.96)

  3. Australian Greek Welfare Society : established 3rd September, 1972 : a report on its first fifteen months, September 1972 to November, 1972 : a social comment
    Australian Greek Welfare Society
    [ Book : 1973 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 38.211)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 38.211)

  4. An historical and sociological study of the Australian Greek Welfare Society / Graham Lewis James Marsh
    Marsh, Graham Lewis James
    [ Thesis : 1983 ]
    At 2 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.985)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.985)

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