Save Our Sons: research: list and author's notes

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Series 1

Content Summary:

The Save Our Sons (SOS) Movement of Victoria, along with similar organisations in New South Wales and other states, was set up by a group of concerned women in response to the introduction of the Menzies Government National Service Act in 1964, and the decision in 1965 to send troops to Vietnam. The SOS campaigns against conscription and for the rights of conscientious objectors and draft resisters contributed to the ultimately successful anti-war movement of the 1970s.

This series contains Bruce Armstrong's list of Save Our Sons research material and Pauline Armstrong's notes and notebooks relating to the preparation of the thesis. The box numbers referred to in Bruce Armstrong's 'Guide to the collection' no longer apply, as the material in the collection has been re-boxed by the Library.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers of Pauline Armstrong were purchased by the Library from her husband, Bruce Armstrong, in 2004.

Names:

Bruce Armstrong, Mr

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