Australia-Russia and Affiliates Friendship Society. Sydney Branch further records, 1976-2006

MLMSS 12009

fonds

1976-2006

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

9591542

0.16 metres of textual material (1 box), includes photographs

The Australia-USSR Society traces its history back to 1930 with the establishment of an Australian branch of the Friends of the Soviet Union (FOSU). The Society became the Australia-U.S.S.R. Society in late 1967. It carried this name until mid-1986 when the Australia-U.S.S.R. Friendship Society was launched.
It carried this name until mid-1986 when the Australia-U.S.S.R. Friendship Society was launched, being the immediate forerunner of the Australia-Russia and Affiliates Friendship Society, founded in 1992, with the Sydney Branch incorporated in 1996.

The Society was a public organisation devoted to creating mutual understanding and friendly relations between the peoples of Australia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly U.S.S.R.). Its activities were focused on cultural exchanges such as tours, concerts and social events.

Reference
Library correspondence file

Betty Bloch (1905-2002) was a peace activist and a longtime office bearer of the ARAFS and its forerunners. Born in Vilnius, Lithuania, she came to Australia in 1939. A member of the National Executive from 1964, she was Chairwoman of the Sydney Branch, 1973-1997. She initiated and was Vice-President of the Chernobyl Children's Fund.

Reference
Library correspondence file

1. Minutes of the Australia-USSR Society Sydney Branch Executive, 1976-1981

2. Folder containing colour photographs of the Society, 1985-1986 Includes photographs of a performance by the Luov Ensemble, Yunost, the Third and Fourth Symposiums, Professor Ted Wheelright, Victor Linnik and Society picnics, concerts and other social events.

3. Minutes of the Australia-Russia and Affiliates Friendship Society, 1996-2006

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