In response to Nan Jolly and Nina Berry:
1) Yes, so far as I know, the LLLI chapter in Perth is inactive.  I tried to make contact, probably within the past year, while preparing for some speaking, but there was no reply.  While they existed, I liked to mention them as one of the resources available in Australia.
2) Other mother-to-mother support currently available in Australia includes a very few - far too few - peer counselling programs, some set up by health services, and one a community-based drop-in centre.  The big gap in mother-support in Australia is in peer counselling to meet the needs of mothers who are more comfortable being matched with other mothers from the same socio-economic background, age group, or cultural background.
3) Does anyone have experience of the Baby Cafe concept in Britain?

Virginia
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Dr Virginia Thorley, OAM, PhD, IBCLC
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (original cohort of 1985).
Cultural Historian of the History of Medicine.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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On Fri, 2 May 2008 Nan Jolly wrote:

Are there no longer any LLL groups in Oz?  There used to be one in Perth...
Nan Jolly MB BCh. IBCLC. LLLL
Port Elizabeth, South Africa

 > The Australian Breastfeeding Association provides the only
 > mother-to-mother
 > support for breastfeeding in Australia.  >
 > Nina Berry
 > Australia
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On Fri, 2 May 2008, Nina Berry wrote:
Subject: Re: Mother to Mother in AUS

I don't think so.  There are a few Leaders around but they don't have an
Australian chapter as far as I am aware.
Cheers
Nina Berry
Australia
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