High school students were involved in protesting conscription and the Vietnam War, both individually and in groups.

Save Our Sons was a prominent group who started by protesting against the National Service Act, and would eventually also protest against the Vietnam War. Jean McLean, Ceci Cairns, and Joan Coxsedge were all prominent members.

Students from the University of Melbourne were heavily involved in protesting both the National Service Act and the Vietnam War.

Students at Monash University, and particularly in the Monash Labor Club, were heavily involved in protesting against the Vietnam War and the National Service Act.

Students at La Trobe University got very involved in protesting against the National Service Act and the Vietnam War.

Musicians and actors were heavily involved in protesting the Vietnam War and National Service, in a variety of ways.

When the American president, Lyndon B Johnson, visited Melbourne, he was met by many people who were not keen on going “All the way with LBJ.”

Some people involved in protesting against the Vietnam War, and the National Service Act, did so at least in part for religious reasons.

The May 1970 Moratorium march in Melbourne was the largest street protest yet seen in Australia.

Many women worked to help the men who were ‘draft resisters’ - evading arrest for not complying with the National Service Act.

There were many, many ways that women expressed their opposition to the National Service Act and the Vietnam War.

Women have different perspectives on how important women were in the overall protest movement.