Welcome to the
National Italian-Australian Women’s Association
The National Italian- Australian Women's Association
is the very first and only Italian women's association in Australia. It was founded in 1985 by a group of Italian-Australian women who wanted to have their voices heard and the contribution they made to the Australian society duly recognised.
“I can still remember our very first meeting, a late afternoon in January 1985, when I invited a group of women from an Italian background to come to a meeting in Parliament House, in Sydney, to discuss the forming of an Association of Italian–Australian women.”
The Honourable Franca Arena, AM, MLC
Promoter, Founder and Honorary Life President of the Italian-Australian Women’s Association