ALSWA FREECALL FROM ANYWHERE IN WA
7 Aberdeen Street
Perth WA 6004
(near McIver Train Station)
Phone: +61 8 9265 6666
Fax: +61 8 9221 1767
After Hours: 08 9265 6644
ALSWA Services
ALSWA offers a variety of services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Western Australia.
For detailed information about the services ALS provides, click the button below:
| Our History |
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ALSWA developed from the Justice Committee of the New Era Aboriginal Fellowship Inc. in the late 1960s. The Justice Committee comprised Aboriginal people, lawyers and other interested people. At that time there were no legal services in Western Australia that met the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In the early 1970s the Justice Committee set up a voluntary advisory legal service in Perth for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In 1973 ALSWA was established in Perth. It had 2 lawyers, 3 Aboriginal court officers and a secretary. In 1974 the Justice Committee expanded ALSWA to serve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in Western Australia's north and south. Two further ALSWA offices were established, one in Narrogin and one in Port Hedland. In 1975 ALSWA became an incorporated body, governed by an Aboriginal Executive Committee and with a membership of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. ALSWA continued to expand, to serve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in Western Australia's rural and remote areas. By 1983 ALSWA operated Statewide. In 1993 ALSWA got its official logo. ALSWA is currently the largest community based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal organization in Australia. It provides legal aid services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout Western Australia in accordance with grant conditions imposed by the Commonwealth Department of the Attorney General. |
