Agency:
Kathleen (Kath) Venn
Agency Number:
Start Date:
12 Nov 1926
End Date:
26 May 2019
Description:
Kath Venn OAM was born Kathleen Darragh in Hobart 1926. She was educated at Ogilvie High School. After her education she went to work for the Australian Workers Union. She became the first female State Secretary of the Labor party, the first woman to hold this position in any major political party. ;;In 1976 she was elected to the seat of Hobart in the Legislative Council and served until 1982, including 3 years as Deputy Leader for the Government.;;Kath Venn resigned from the Labor Party in 1984 and in September 1984 she stood for the Senate as a member of the Harradine Group but was unsuccessful. ;;Apart from politics Kath Venn was very active in the Labor party and the community including federal secretary of the Labor Women's Organisation, president of the RSL Women's Auxiliary, federal secretary of the Housewives Association and a consumer's representative on the Tasmanian Milk Board. She was also State President of the Housewives Association, a volunteer at the Repatriation Hospital, member of the Prisoners' Aid Society, Mount Stuart Progress Association and Australian Forces Overseas Fund, Chairwoman of the Ogilvie High School Board and Caroline House. ;;
Information Sources:
Department of Premier and Cabinet website - Significant Tasmanian Women
Related Agencies:
Australian Labor Party, Tasmanian Branch (NG1630) | 01 Jan 1903 |
Returned and Services League of Australia - Hobart Sub-Branch (NG2240) | 01 Jan 1919 |
Federated Association of Australian Housewives - Tasmanian Branch (NG2997) | 01 Jan 1919 | 20 Dec 2009 |
R.S.L Womens' Auxiliary State Branch, Tasmania (NG3569) | 01 Jan 1949 |
The Returned Servicemens League of Australia Life Members Association of Tasmania [R. & S.L.a] (NG3566) | 01 Jan 1960 |
Australian Forces Overseas Fund (NG3565) | 26 Jan 1966 |
Tasmanian Council for Aid to Pensioners Children (NG3568) | 18 May 1971 | 19 Apr 1988 |
Caroline House Inc. (NG3564) | 16 Oct 1978 | 30 Jun 2021 |
Friends of Peacock Association (NG3567) | 01 Jun 1992 |
Series Created By Agency:
NS5938 Election Posters | 01 Jan 1976 | 31 Dec 1976 |
NS5924 Miscellaneous Papers relating to Kath Venn's Political Career | 08 Jul 1977 | 11 Jun 1990 |
NS5934 History of the Tasmanian Council for Aid to Pensioners Children | 05 Sep 1979 | 01 Oct 1979 |
NS5931 History of Australian Forces Overseas Fund - Tasmanian Branch | 01 Jan 2000 | 31 Dec 2000 |
NS5925 History of Caroline House Inc. | 01 Jan 2002 |
NS5932 Minutes of Meetings | 14 Nov 2003 | 27 Dec 2012 |
NS5933 Minutes of Meetings | 22 Jul 2005 | 01 Nov 2006 |