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Many community information centres provide legal advice or referral to legal services in their area. A full list of community information centres (including those that do not offer legal advice services) can be found on the Community Information and Support Victoria website at www.cisvic.org.au.

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The Fitzroy Legal Service is located on the traditional country of the Wurundjeri-willam people of the Kulin Nation. We acknowledge them as the Traditional Owners and pay our respects to their Elders, past and present.

Fitzroy Legal Service is a proudly inclusive organisation and an ally of the LGBTIQA+ community.

Thank you to the Department of Justice and Community Safety, Victoria for its generous support of the Law Handbook website redevelopment project.

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All historical photography by John Corker.

Fitzroy Legal Service Inc. (a merger of Darebin Community Legal Centre and Fitzroy Legal Service).
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