Associate Professor Sue Heward-Belle talks with former president of Lyn's Place - the Taree Women's Refuge - Marion Hosking, OAM.

Marion was awarded an OAM in 2008 for services to people affected by domestic violence in the Manning District of NSW. She was also the recipient of a Centenary Medal in 2001 and was an Australian of the Year nominee in 2006.

Marion's book, Why Doesn't She Leave?...Ten Reasons is available as an ebook.

References:

Hosking. (2005). Why doesn’t she leave? : the story of a women’s refuge. Manning District Emergency Accommodation Committee.

NSW Women's Refuge Movement - Wikipedia. (2022). Retrieved 11 January 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSW_Women%27s_Refuge_Movement

Restore Our Refuge: Honouring Women event, 1 November 2019. (2019). Retrieved 11 January 2022, from https://alexandriahawkinsblog.com/2019/11/02/restore-our-refuge-honouring-women-event-1-november-2019/

WAGEC. (2022). Retrieved 11 January 2022, from https://www.wagec.org.au/about/

Women support Women: A History Project with the Women’s and Girl’s Emergency Centre. (2021). Retrieved 11 January 2022, from https://historymatters.sydney.edu.au/2021/10/women-support-women-a-history-project-with-the-womens-and-girls-emergency-centre/