Public Sentiment towards League of Nations
League of Nations Union-Pacifism-Unseen Assassins
Details the challenges faced by the League of Nations union and the scale of public sentiment towards the League in general. It speaks of the challenges of advocating pacifism in general and the need for popular pacifism to prevent a return to pre-WWI tension.
Sir William Harrison Moore
Notes of Sir William Moore
Baillieu Archives
1932
Note
Australian League of Nations Union
Australian League of Nations Union report on audience for publications
-The audience in Australia for materials relating to the League of Nations and pacifism and the wider struggles of the movement in the 1930s.
The Resource details the challenges associated with distributing materials associated with the league. It speaks of how the Depression had a significant impact on the League's support base and the significant cost of importing materials at a time when books could take two months to reach Australia from Britain.
Australian League of Nations Union
Baiillieu Archives
29/12/1932
Physical report
English
report
Australian league of Nations Union
Australian League of Nations Union members at the annual conference. Canberra 1938
Australian League of Nations Union
-Shows the members of the Australian League of nations union who attended the annual meeting. Note the small number and generally advanced age of the members-by this point the League has lost much of its strength.
-Note the reasonably numerous representation of women at the conference: five of the thirteen attendees are women.
-Private picture- Now available on Trove and through the National Library of Australia
http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138082183/view
National Library of Australia
January 1938
Photograph
League of Nations Union
Delegates presenting at the League of Nations General Assembly, Geneva
Delegates presenting at the League of Nations General Assembly, Geneva. The League of Nations was an international organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. The League's goals included disarmament, preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between countries through negotiation, diplomacy and improving global welfare. Between the years of 1920 and 1946, a total of 63 countries became members of the League of Nations. The Covenant forming the League of Nations was included in the Treaty of Versailles and came into force on 10 January 1920. The League of Nations was dissolved on 18 April 1946, when its assets and responsibilities were transferred to the United Nations. Of the 42 founder members, including Australia, 23 (or 24, counting Free France) remained members until the League of Nations was dissolved in 1946.
Australian War Memorial
1926
Photo
Members of the Australian Delegation to the League of Nations, Geneva
League of Nations Delegation
Members of the Australian Delegation to the League of Nations, Geneva. Identified second from left (wearing a top hat) is Sir Arthur Richard. During the General Assembly he attacked the failure of State governments to populate Australia and called on the Commonwealth to take over migration. Rickard was active on the executives of organisations which aimed to foster migrants, including the State branches of the New Settlers' League of Australia, the Big Brother Movement, Dr Barnardo's Homes and the British Empire League.
Australian War Memorial
1926
Photo
United Associations and Its Story
Womens groups in interwar Australia
An account of the United Associations and the associated feminist groups history, including their aims and objects.
Sunday Times, Sydney
National Library of Australia
Sunday Times, Sydney
22nd December 1929
PDF
English
Newspaper article
United Associations
Womens groups in interwar Australia
Australian League of Nations Union members attending the annual
meeting, Canberra, January 1938
Meeting of members of the Australian League of Nations
National Library of Australia
1938
Photo
Constitution of the Australian Women's National League
Women's groups in interwar Australia
Full constitution and manifesto for Australian Women's National League
Australian Women's National League
Trove
Trove
1921
Australian Women's National League members
PDF
English
Document
The League Constition
Women's groups in interwar Australia
League of Nations' Communications received from Australian Government and Women's International Organisations
League of Nations
The League of Nations
League of Nations Publications
1937
W.I.L.P.F pamphlet
World Disarmament
Pamphlet explaining international declaration on world disarmament
Women's International League
University of Melbourne Archive
1932