Democratic Association of Victoria
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The Democratic Association of Victoria was the first
The launching of DAV was received with negative reactions from the local mainstream press (which also had expressed hysterical reactions towards the Paris Commune).[2] DAV had connections with trade union groups. It also established a cooperative store and a Needlewomen's Cooperative.[2] After the dissolution of Democratic Association of Victoria, ten months after its founding, it would take a decade until socialism would re-emerge as an organised force. During this period, however, there were many different democratic, republican and pro-land reform groups active.[6] The Democratic Association of Victoria produced some offshoots, such as Victorian Cooperative Association and the Land Tenure Reform League.[5]
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References
- ^ a b Percy, John Knowles. 1965 - 72: Resistance. A history of the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance / John Percy, Vol. 1. Chippendale, NSW: Resistance Books, 2005. p. 14
- ^ a b c d McIlroy, Jim. Australia's First Socialists. p. 10
- ^ Mayer, Henri. The Democratic Association of Victoria and the 'I'
- ^ Moore, Ted. Melbourne and Mars : the Australian All Electric Communist Utopia
- ^ a b Groenewegen, Peter D., and Bruce J. McFarlane. A History of Australian Economic Thought. Routledge history of economic thought series. London: Routledge, 1990. p. 36
- ^ Merlyn, Teri. Writing Revolution Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine