51:, offering training and performance projects. Women recognised as founders include Donna Jackson, director; Sally Forth, trainer and Elizabeth Walsh, director of the Footscray Community Arts Centre. The inspiration was built on the work of an earlier Wimmin's Circus, Australia's first women's circus established in Melbourne which ran from 1978-1981. The Wimmin's Circus was supported in its early days by access to the facilities and expertise of
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