Australian Capital Territory Progress And Welfare Council
The Australian Capital Territory Progress and Welfare Council (known as the ACT Progress and Welfare Council) was a peak co-ordination body of progress associations in the Australian Capital Territory. It also operated as a political party in the ACT in the period prior to self-government in 1989. Background The Federal Capital Territory (renamed the Australian Capital Territory in 1938) was created in 1911 by the '' Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910'' out of the state of New South Wales. Residents in the FCT were disenfranchised as they were no longer entitled to vote in NSW, but there was no elected body in the FCT. This led to the creation of the Federal Territory Vigilance Association to seek to protect the interests of residents of the FCT. Development was slow, as were steps towards political representation. In 1927 a FCT Representation League was formed. A partially elected Advisory Council was established in 1930. Progress Associations and the Council ...
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