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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Country
Women's Association of Australia (commonly abbreviated as CWA) is the
largest women's organisation in Australia. It has 44,000 members across
1855 branches. Its aims are to improve the conditions for country women
and children and to try to make life better for women and their
families, especially those women living in rural and remote Australia.
The organisation is self-funded, non-party political and non-sectarian.
The Country Women's Association was formed in both New South Wales and
Queensland in 1922. By 1936 there was a branch in each of the States and
territories of Australia. The formation of a federal body was discussed
in 1943 and was agreed in 1945 by a meeting of all state presidents. The
First Annual Conference of the C.W.A. of Australia was held in Adelaide
in 1946. In 1947 delegates were appointed to go to the Associated
Country Women of the World Conference in Amsterdam.
