90 YEARS ON AND STILL GOING STRONG!
A N N UA L R E P O R T 2016 - 2017
1926
1934
Father & Son Welfare Movement
launches as the first family service
organisation in Australia (and possibly the
world) to provide sexuality education for
fathers and their sons.
1960
The Father & Son Welfare Movement
expands to form Mother and Daughter
Incorporated. The organisation becomes
widely known as the Family Life
Movement.
1961-1962
The Movement gains approval from the
Federal Attorney-General’s Department
to operate as a marriage counselling
organisation in New South Wales.
In response, it introduces a family
relationships counselling service.
Federal Council of Family Life
is established.
Branches of the Family Life
Movement open in Victoria and
Queensland.
1963-1968
Centres are established to serve
the Sydney Hills and Western
Metropolitan regions.
The Movement conducts its first family
relationships counsellor training program
and opens centres to serve the Southern
Metropolitan, Illawarra, Hunter and
Central Coast regions.
1973
1950s
A branch of the Family Life Movement
opens in South Australia.
1975-1976
The Movement gains its status as an
approved marriage education provider in
New South Wales, funded by the Federal
Attorney-General’s Department.
Centres are established to
serve the Central Western and
Mid North Coast regions.
1983
Under its now official name of Family
Life, the Movement adopts a new
logo and opens a centre to serve the
North Coast region.
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