Abstract
The reflection on the not quite 40 year life of AusAID by Robin Davies (Felled before forty) reminds me of other anniversaries of aid agencies. It is 50 years ago (around this time of the year) in 1963 that Sir John Crawford had lunch with David Scott of Community Aid Abroad (now Oxfam Australia) and Jim Webb of the Overseas Service Bureau (now Australian Volunteers International) about setting up a peak body or council of Australian development NGOs. This lunch led to Sir John convening a number of workshops and meetings over the following 18 months, which lead to the Australian Council for Overseas Aid (now ACFID) being formed in early-1965.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1-7pp |
| No. | Online |
| Specialist publication | Devpolicy Blog |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |