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Over 200 web sites for self help and social action groups and related organisations.
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•Abbotsford Convent Coalition - www.abbotsfordconvent.com.au
•Acoustic Neuroma Association of Australasia - Being developed.
•Action for Community Living & VICNORD - www.advocacyhouse.org
•Action In Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor -ASIET- www.asiet.org.au
•Action on Disability Within Ethnic Communities - ADEC - www.adec.org.au
•Action Research Issues Centre - www.staff.vu.edu.au/aric
•Active Inc - home.vicnet.net.au/~active
•Adoptive Families Association of Victoria - home.vicnet.net.au/~afav
•Adult Children of Alcoholic & Dysfunctional Families - ACOA -
home.vicnet.net.au/~acoa
•Air Necessity - www.mc2.vicnet.net.au respiratory chat group
•AIS Support Group - home.vicnet.net.au/~aissg
•Alzheimer's Australia -
www.alzheimers.org.au
•Allergy & Environmental Sensitivity Support & Research Assoc - home.vicnet.net.au/~aessra
•Alliance to Expose GATS -
www.powerup.com.au/~richleon/issues/economy/gats/iss_temp.htm
•Alopecia Areata Support Association - home.vicnet.net.au/~aasa
•ALSO Foundation - www.also.org.au
•Alternative Education Resource Group - www.home-ed.vic.edu.au
•Alternative Law Journal - www.altlj.org
•Alternative Technology Association - www.ata.org.au
•AMIDA - www.infoxchange.net.au/AMIDA/
•Amnesty International - www.amnesty.org.au
•Angelman support group - www.angelmansyndrome.org
•Animals Australia - www.animalsaustralia.org
•ANTaR - www.nativetitle.org
•Anti-Slavery Society - www.anti-slaverysociety.org www.childlabor.net
•Anxiety Disorders Association of Victoria - www.adavic.org.au
•Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria - www.arcvic.com.au
•Arthritis Foundation of Victoria Support Groups - www.arthritisvic.org.au
•Asperger Syndrome Support Network - home.vicnet.net.au/~asperger
•Asperger's Syndrome Support Network QLD - www.asperger.asn.au
•Association For Children With A Disability - www.acd.org.au
•Association of Genetic Support of Australasia - www.agsa-geneticsupport.org.au
•Association of Relatives & Friends Of the Emotionally & Mentally Ill - ARAFEMI - www.arafemi.org.au
•Asthma Victoria - www.asthma.org.au
•Asylum Seeker Resource Centre - home.vicnet.net.ay/~asrc
•Aussie Hands Foundation - www.aussiehands.org
•Australian Addison's Disease Association - www.addisons.org.au
•Australian Assoc for Welfare of Child Health NSW - awch.uws.edu.au
•Australian Breastfeeding Association - www.breastfeeding.asn.au
•Australian Chemical Trauma Alliance - www.ozemail.com.au/~actall
•Australian Community Gardens Network -
www.magna.com.au/~pacedge/garden/index.html
•Australian Complementary Health Association - www.diversity.org.au
•Australian Conservation Foundation - www.acfonline.org.au
•Australian Crohn's & Colitis Association - www.acca.net.au
•Australian Dyspraxia Support Group - www.dyspraxia.com.au
•Australian Huntington's Disease Association (Vic) - home.vicnet.net.au/~ahda
•Australian Leukodystrophy Support - home.vicnet.net.au/~leuko
•Australian Multiple Birth Assoc Vic Branch - AMBA home.vicnet.net.au/~amba
•Australian
Pituitary Foundation - Vic - www.pituitary.asn.au
•Australian Pseudo-obstruction Support Assoc -
www.geocities.com/HotSprings/3001/APSA.html
•Australian Sturge Weber Support Group - www.auststurg-weber.f2s.com
•Australian Tinnitus Assoc Victoria Inc - www.tinitusvic.asn.au
•Australian Wolf Hirschhorn Syndrome Support Group - home.vicnet.net.au/~awhssg
•Australians Against Racism - www.australiansagainstracism.org
•Australians for Just Refugee Programs - www.justrefugeeprograms.com.au
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•Barricade Information Resource Centre - www.anarki.net/barricade
•Barwon Disability Resource Council - www.bdrc.org.au
•Bear In Mind - home.vicnet.net.au/~bim
•Better Health Channel - www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au
•Better Hearing Aust - www.betterhearing.org.au
•Bicycle Victoria - www.bv.com.au
•Blepharospasm Support Group - www.rveeh.vic.gov.au
•Blind Citizens Aust - www.bca.org.au
•Boat people www.boat-people.org - Asylum seekers
•Boite - www.boite.asn.au
•Borderlands Co-operative - www.borderlands.org.au
•BrianLink - www.brainlink.org.au
•Brain Tumour Publications and Resources -
www.geocities.com/oldparl/journey.htm
•Broken Rites (Aus) Collective - brokenrites.alphalink.com.au
•Bronchiectasis Chat Group - bronchiectasis-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
•Brunswick Bicycle Users Group - www.vmore.org.au/~ben/brunsbug/
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•Camberwell Bipolar Support Group - www.arafemi.org.au
•Cancer Council - Support Groups - www.concervic.org.au
•CANTEEN - www.canteen.org.au
•Cardio Facio Cutaneous Syndrome Family Network - www.cfcsyndrome.org
•Cardiomyopathy Association of Australia - www.cmaa.org.au
•CELAS - home.vicnet.net.au/~celas
•Cerebral Palsy Support Network - www.cpsn.info home.vicnet.net.au/~cerebral
•CERES Community Environment Park - www.ceres.org.au
•CFS/ME Victoria - home.vicnet.net.au/~mecfs
•Chameleon Society of Vic Inc - home.vicnet.net.au/~csv
•Charcot Marie Tooth Assoc Australia -
Vic - www.charcot-marie-tooth.org and
www.ultranet.com/~smith/CMTnet.html
•CHARGE - www.austcharge.com.au
•Cherubs Australia - au.geocities.com/ozcherubs
•Child Wise - www.ecpat.org
•Chinese Mental Health Self Help Group - www.adec.org.au
•Choices for Childbirth - www.maternitycoalition.org.au
•Choose Cruelty Free
•Chronic Illness Alliance - www.chronicillness.org.au
•Chronic Pain Support Group - www.ozemail.com.au/~raptdesn/cp/painindx.htm
•Coalition Against Duck Shooting - www.duck.org.au
•CODA - US site - www.codependents.org
•Coeliac Society of Aust - Vic - www.coeliac.org.au
•Collingwood Children's Farm - www.farm.org.au
•Commonground Melbourne/ Groupwork Institute of Australia -
www.netspace.net.au/~glenochre
•Communication Aid Users' Society - www.users.bigpond.com/causinc
•Communities Against the Pokie Plague - www.pokieplague.com
•Community Advocacy Unit - www.tce.rmit.edu.au/advocacy
•Community Aid Abroad/Oxfam General info - www.caa.org.au
•Community Child Care Vic - www.cccinc.com.au www.childrenfirst.org.au
•Compassionate Friends Bereaved Parents Centre -
www.compassionatefriendsvictoria.org.au
•Computerbank - Australia - www.computerbank.org.au/melbourne/
•Conflict Resolution Network (NSW) - www.crnhq.org
•Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Support Group - home.vicnet.net.au/~cahsga
•Consumers Telecommunications Network (NSW) - www.ctn.org.au
•Costello Syndrome International Support Group email - bence@midcoast.com.au
•Council On The Ageing - www.cota.org.au
•Country AIDS Network (Vic) Inc - www.can.org.au
•Cri Du Chat Support Group Aust - home.vicnet.net.au/~criduch
•Critical Mass - www.criticalmass.org.au
•Cutis Laxa Internationale Email - mcjlboiteux@aol.com
•Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome Support Group - www.geocities.com/australian-cvs
•Cystic Fibrosis Victoria Support Groups - www.cfv.org.au
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•Daylesford Laugh Club - www.laughclub.org
•DEAL Communication Centre - www.deal.org.au
•Depression Net - www.depressionet.com.au
•Diabetes Australia - Diabetes Community Network - www.dav.org.au
•Directory of Vietnamese Community in Melbourne -
www.yarranet.net.au/acacia/vietcom.htm
•Disability Advocacy & Information Service (Wodonga) -
www.disability-advocacy.com.au
•Disability On Line (formerly Disability Information Victoria) - www.disability.vic.gov.au
•Disability Rights Victoria physical and multiple - home.vicnet.net.au/~drvic
•Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria - www.justice.vic.gov.au/disputes
•Distressed Infants Support Assoc - DISA - home.vicnet.net.au/~disa
•Domestic Violence & Incest Resource Centre - home.vicnet.net.au/~dvirc
•Donor Conception Support Group of Australia - www.dcsg.org.au
•Down Syndrome Association of Victoria - www.dsav.asn.au
•DownTo Earth - www.dte.org.au
•Dying With Dignity Victoria - www.dwdvictoria.org.au
•Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Assoc Aust. (DEBRAA Vic) -
www.debra.org.au
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•Earth Share - www.earthshare.org.au
•Eating Disorders Foundation of Victoria - www.eatingdisorders.org.au
•Endometriosis Assoc Vic - www.endometriosis.org.au
•Energy Action Group - home.vicnet.net.au/~eag1
•Environment Victoria - www.envict.org.au
•Epilepsy foundation support groups - www.epinet.org.au
•Ethical Business Network - www.ethicalbusiness.com.au
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•FACTS Food Anaphylactic Children Training & Support - www.allergyfacts.org.au
•Fair Go For David (David Hicks) - www.fairgofordavid.org
•FairShare International (Adelaide) - www.fairshareinternational.org
•FairWear Campaign - www.vic.uca.org.au/fairwear
•Families Anonymous - home.vicnet.net.au/~famanon
•Families of Children with a Disability Support Group (Mildura) -
www.ruralnet.net.au/~focdsg/sg.htm
•Families Of Children With a Disability Support Group - www.focdsg.org.au
•Family Drug Help - www.familydrughelp.sharc.org.au
•Fat Acceptance websites -
www.imabiggal.com/support.htm
www.webgrrls.com/eva/fat.html
www.sizewise.com/LSP.htm
www.notebookoz.homestead.com/index1.html
•FOP Australia - International site www.health.upenn.edu/ortho/fop/ifopa
•Free West Papua Collective - www.freewestpapua.com
•FRIEDREICH'S Ataxia Association of Vic - www.faavictoria.org.au
•Friends of Merri Creek - home.vicnet.net.au/~fomc
•Friends of the A B C (Vic) Inc - www.fabc.org.au/vic
•Friends Of The Donor Tissue Bank - www.vifp.monash.edu.au/dtbv/
•Friends Of the Earth - FOE - www.melbourne.foe.org.au
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•Gastrostomy Information & Support Society (GISS) - www.giss.org.au
•Gay & Lesbian Switchboard - home.vicnet.net.au/~glswitch
•Geelong Adult ADD Support Group - www.gaad.com.au
•Geelong Mental Health Consumers Union - www.gmhcui.org.au
•Geelong Mood Support Group - www.geelongbipolar.org.au
•Genetic Support Network of Victoria - www.gsnv.org.au
•Gerstmann Syndrome Support Network (US) - www.iser.com/gerstmann.html
•Gippsland Gay and Lesbian Network Inc - www.ggln.com.au
•Goongerah Environment Centre - GECO - www.geco.org.au
•Gotta Get a Life Foundation - home.vicnet.net.au/~gglf
•Grasslands - www.grasslandsorganic.org.au
•Green Left Weekly - www.greenleft.org.au
•Green Net Australia - www.green.net.au
•Greenpeace - www.greenpeace.org.au
•Groups for Survivors of Sexual Assault & Partners of Survivors -
www.northern.casa.org.au
•GROW Victoria - www.growint.org.au
•Gun Control Aust - www.guncontrol.org.au
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•Haemochromatosis Society Australia Inc -www.haemochromatosis.org
•Haemophilia Foundation Vic -
home.vicnet.net.au/~haemvic
or www.harmophiliavic.org.au
•HEADWAY Vic - Acquired Brain Injury Assoc - www.headwayvictoria.org.au
•Health Issues Centre - home.vicnet.net.au/~hissues
•HEARTKIDS Vic - www.heartkids.org.au
•Hepatitis C Council of Victoria - www.hepcvic.org.au
•Histiocytosis Association of America - www.histio.org.au
•Huff and Puff - home.vicnet.net.au/~huffpuff
•Humanist Society of Victoria - home.vicnet.net.au/~humanist
•Hypostasis - www.hypostasis.info
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•Incontinentia Pigmenti International Foundation ( USA) -
www.imgen.bcm.tmc.edu/IPIF
•Industrial Deaths Support and Advocacy - IDSA - www.idsa.com.au
•Inflamatory Neuropathy Support Group - home.vicnet.net.au/~ingroup/
•Irritable Bowel Information & Support Assoc - IBIS - www.powerup.com.au/~ibis
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•Jubilee Australia - www.jubilee2000.org.au
•Justice for Refugees - www.justiceforrefugees.org
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•Kew Cottages Assoc - www.kewcottages.alphalink.com.au
•Kooriweb Network - www.kooriweb.org (link to Aboriginal Health Centre)
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•LAM Australia -www.lam.org.au
•Laughter Clubs Victoria - www.laughterclubsvic.org
•Lead Group Inc (NSW) - www.lead.org.au
•Liberty - www.libertyvictoria.org.au
•Local groups - www.caa.org.au/about/victoria/groups/index.html
•Low Vision Groups - RVIB - www.rvib.org.au
•LungNet - www.lungnet.org.au
•Lymphoedema Association of Vic - www.lav.org.au
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•Marijuana Anonymous - www.marijuana-anonymous.org
•Marrn-Ak - home.vicnet.net.au/~coshg/marrnak.htm
•Maternity Coalition - www.maternitycoalition.org.au
•Melbourne Glaucoma Support Group - home.vicnet.net.au/~glaucoma
•Melbourne Herpes Self Help Group - HELM - home.vicnet.net.au/~mhshg
•Melbourne Workers Theatre - www.melbourneworkerstheatre.com
•MENIERE'S Support Group Vic - www.menieres.org.au
•Meningitis Centre - www.meningitis.com.au
•Mental Illness Fellowship - www.mifellowship.org
www.mentallyhealthy.com - a site for anyone who has used Mental Health Services, especially in the western suburbs
•Mood Disorders Support Group - www.mentalhealthvic.org.au
•Motor Neurone Disease Association of Vic - www.mnd.asn.au
•Mucopolysaccharide & Related Diseases Society Aust Ltd - www.mpssociety.org.au
•MUMS www.netnet.net/mums - (US organisation for rare conditions)
•Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc - www.mda.org.au
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•Narcotics Anonymous - NA - home.vicnet.net.au/~navic
•National Association For Loss & Grief (Vic) - www.nalagvic.org.au
•National Coalition Against Poverty - www.bsl.org.au/ncapwebsite
•National Network of Adult & Adolescent Children Who have Mentally Ill Parent(s) - •NNAAMI - home.vicnet.net.au/~nnaami
•National Resource Centre for consumer participation in health www.participateinhealth.org.au
•New International Bookshop Collective www.nibs.org.au
•Nidkids Support Group Ltd - www.nidkids.org.au
•Nidkids Chatrooms: Parents group and - children's group -
http://Mc2.vicnet.net.au
•NODSS - Narcolepsy & Overwhelming Daytime Sleep Society Aust -
www.nodss.org.au
•NORD - National Organisation for Rare Disorders (USA) - www.rarediseases.org
•Not in Our Name - www.notinourname.net
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• One Hundred & One Ways of Communicating - www.vicdeaf.com.au
• Osteogenesis Imperfecta Support Group - www.oiaustralia.org
• Otway Ranges Environment Network - www.oren.org.au
• OvCa - National Ovarian Cancer Network - www.ovca.org
• Overeaters Anonymous - www.angelfire.com/nm/oaregion10/index.html
• OZMS - Australian Multiple Sclerosis Online Community - passingiton.info/ozmsers
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•Parent Support Groups - Moira - Southern Region - www.moira.org.au
•Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays P-FLAG - www.pflag.hypermart.net
•Parents of Premature Babies - www.preemie-l.org
•Parents Jury - www.parentsjury.org.au
•Parents with a Disability Community Project - home.vicnet.net.au/~parentwd
•Parents Without Partners - www.pwpvic.com
•PARKINSON'S Victoria - www.parkinsons-vic.org.au
•Peace Brigades International - www.peacebrigades.org
•People For Fair Trade Association - www.fairtrade.asn.au
•People With Multiple Sclerosis - Vic - www.msaustralia.org.au
•Periodic Paralysis Society of Australia - www.e-wire.net.au/~eb_grtyl
•Permaculture Melbourne - home.vicnet.net.au/~pcmelb
•Pink Disease Support Group - www.users.bigpond.com/difarnsworth
•Phoenix House Burns Support Group QLD - www.phoenix-house.netfirms.com
•Playgrouping Victoria - www.playgroup.org.au
•Polio Network Victoria - www.polionetoworkvic.asn.au
•Polymorphic Light Eruption - mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/pleskin
•Porphyria Association Inc. - www.porphyria-australia.org
•Porphyrics Encouraging Group Support - www.members.tripod.com/fevredream
•Port Phillip ECOCentre - www.ecocentre.com
•Positive Women - www.positivewomen.org.au
•Post & Ante Natal Depression Association (PANDA) - www.panda.org.au
•Prader Willi Syndrome Assoc Vic - www.pws.asn.au
•Pt'chang Nonviolent Community Safety Group - home.vicnet.net.au/~ptchang
•Public Transport Users Assoc - www.ptua.org.au
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•Radical Women - www.socialism.com
•Reality Check - www.realitycheck.org.au
•Refugee Action Collective - www.rac-vic.org
•Release Heather Osland Group - home.vicnet.net.au/~rhog
•Residential Care Rights - www.vic.agedrights.asn.au
•Resourcing Health & Education in the Sex Industry - www.sexworker.org.au
•Road Trauma Support Team - home.vicnet.net.au/~rtstvic
•Rosacea Support (Internet Group) - rosacea.ii.net
•Ross House - www.rosshouse.org.au
•RSI & Overuse Injury Assoc ACT - www.ris.org.au
•RVF Support Group - mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/rvfsn/index.html
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•Sacrococcygeal Teratoma Baby Support Group - www.teratomasupport.com
•SADS Australia - www.sads.org.au
•SANDS (VIC) - www.sandsvic.org.au
•Save Albert Park - www.save-albert-park.org.au
•Schizophrenia Drug Free Crisis Centre (Adelaide) -
www.jungcirlce.com/Schizophrenia.html
•Scleroderma Foundation - home.vicnet.net.au/~sclerofv
•Seahorse Club of Victoria - home.vicnet.net.au/~seahorse
•Seed Savers Network (NSW) - www.seedsavers.net
•Self Harm Information - www.southerncommunitywelfare.org.au
•Self Help Addiction Resource Centre Inc - SHARC - www.sharc.org.au
•SelfHelp Resource Centre (Canada) - www.selfhelp.on.ca
•Sexaholics Anonymous - www.sa.org
•Short Statured People of Australia - www.sspa.org.au
•SIDS and Kids - www.sidsandkids.org
•Smart Casual Association - www.turn.to/smartcasual/ casual workers' rights
•SPELD Parents' Support Group - home.vicnet.net.au/~speld
•Spina Bifida Assoc Vic - www.sbav.org.au
•STAR Vic - www.starvictoria.org.au
•Stepfamily Assoc - www.stepfamily.org.au
•Stevens-Johnson Syndrome - person in Perth interested -
denartdm@yahoo.com.au
•Stroke Assoc Vic - www.strokeassociation.com.au
•Sudden Infant Death Research Foundation - www.sidsandkids.org
•Supporting Aussie Kids with Kabuki Syndrome - www.sakks.org
•Survivors on the Net - Australia - www.survivors.org.au
•SWAN - Syndromes Without a Name - UK - www.undiagnosed.clara.net
•Sybilla Feminist Press - home.vicnet.net.au/~sybylla
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•Talipes - Club Foot Support Group - TIPS - home.vicnet.net.au/~tips
•Tall Girls - www.users.bigpond.com/jadetg/index.html
•Tenants' Union of Vic - www.tuv.org.au
•The Australian Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group -
members.ozemail.com.au/~ozrsd
•The Chromosome 18 Registry&Research Society Aust - www.chromosome18.org
•The Paper - www.thepaper.org.au
•Thyroid Australia - www.thyroid.org.au
•Tough Love (international site) - www.toughlove.org
•Tourette Syndrome Association - www.devolution.com.au/tourette
•TRANX - www.tranx.org.au
•Tribal Wave Dance & Drumming Circles - www.tribalwave.alphalink.com.au
•Trigeminal Neuralgia Association - Sydney - www.tna_support.org (US site)
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•Union of Australian Women (Vic) - home.vicnet.net.au/~uawu
•Unique in Australia - www.rarechromo.org
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•VANISH Inc www.vanish.org.au
•Veganlist - Website - www.veganlist.com.au
•Vegetarian Network Victoria - www.vnv.org.au
•Velo Cardio Facial Foundation Qld - www.vcfs.com.au
•Vicnet - home.vicnet.net.au
•Victorian Bicycle Coalition - home.vicnet.net.au/~vbc/links
•Victorian Council of Deaf People - VCOD - www.vcod.com.au
•Victorian Council of School Organisations - VICCSO - home.vicnet.net.au/~viccso
•Victorian Lupus Association - www.lupusvic.org.au
•Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council - VMIAC - www.vmiac.com.au
•Victorian Peace Network - www.vicpeace.org
•Victorian Road Accident Support Assoc www.geocities.com/v_r_a_s_a/index.html
email v_r_a_s_a@hotmail.com
•Victorian Speak Easy Association - home.vicnet.net.au/~ausspeak
•Victorian Turner's Syndrome Assoc - www.turnerssyndrome.org.au
•Vintage Men Inc - www.geocities.com/vintagemen
•VIVAIDS Victorian Drug User Group - avoca.vicnet.net.au/~vivaids/vivaids.htm
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•W H E N - Worldwide Home Environmentalists
- home.vicnet.net.au/~when
•Wegener Granulomatosis Support Group - www.wegenersaustralia.com
•Western Region Environment Centre - www.21century.com.au/environment
•Wilderness Society - www.wilderness.org.au
•Williams Family Support Group Vic Inc - home.vicnet.net.au/~wsfsg
•Wiseworld - www.wiseworld.com.au
•Women With Disabilities Australia - www.wwda.org.au
•Women's Health Victoria - www.whv.org.au
•Women's Information & Referral Exchange - WIRE www.wire.org.au
•Women's International League for Peace & Freedom -
www.dragon-amazon.net/wilpfaustralia
•Women's Resource Information & Support Centre - Ballarat -
www.wrisc.ballarat.net.au
•Women's Web - www.womensweb.com.au
•Working Women's Health - www.workingwomenshealth.asn.au
•WWOOF - Willing Workers On Organic Farms (Aust) - www.wwoof.com.au
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•Yarra Bicycle Users Group - groups.yahoo.com/group/yarrabug
More Information Lots more groups and information in the COSHG Directory
If you find any links that don't work or you have any updates, please contact us:info@coshg.org.au
Other sites of interest
www.reconciliation.org.au
www.lawstuff.org.au (Young People's Rights)
www.youth.haguepeace.org
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