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Volunteer organisation

Type - Volunteer organisation
Australian Women's Flying Club
Electrical Association for Women
New South Wales Volunteer Rifles
Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol
Sydney Heritage Fleet
United Volunteer Fire Brigade Association
Voluntary Aid Detachment
Woman's Fire Auxiliary
Women's Emergency Signalling Corps
Women's Voluntary Services

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Volunteer organisation

Australian Women's Flying Club

Association of women aviators formed to train women in flying and to support any future war effort, which trained many future members of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force.

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Electrical Association for Women

Educational association founded by Violet McKenzie to promote the use of electricity to make women's household work easier.

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New South Wales Volunteer Rifles

Volunteer riflemen first recruited in 1854 when a Russian invasion was feared. Forerunners of today's reservists, numbers varied according to perceived threat and government support.

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Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol

Voluntary patrol formed in 1937. In 2008 it amalgamated with Australian Volunteer Coast Guard and Volunteer Rescue Association to form Marine Rescue New South Wales.

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Sydney Heritage Fleet

Subsidiary of Sydney Maritime Museum, who with over 600 volunteers, is responsible for preserving and crewing several unique heritage vessels.

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United Volunteer Fire Brigade Association

Organisation of members of the volunteer brigades in Sydney which comprised over 2033 members in 1881. They met with opposition from the members of the metropolitan insurance brigades.

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Voluntary Aid Detachment

Organisation formed in 1909 in Britain which supplied nursing orderlies in Red Cross convalescent hospitals and rest homes during World War I and II both within Australia and overseas.

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Woman's Fire Auxiliary

Voluntary organisation formed across New South Wales during World War II to perform basic fire fighting work.

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Women's Emergency Signalling Corps

Training school formed to teach women to use telegraphic signalling, which ended up training over 12,000 servicemen and women during World War II.

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Women's Voluntary Services

Voluntary organisation of British origin that connected with Anglo-centric heritage and cultural origins of many towns, whilst working to support the war effort.

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