Young Socialist League of Australia (1967-196?). Formerly the Eureka Youth League.
Objectives - More rights for the younger generation now - such as more educational opportunities, adequate housing, the vote at eighteen, extended recreation and leisure facilities; an end to the threat of nuclear war, rejection of interference in other countries, disarmament and friendly relations between peoples of South East Asia; an end to all racial discrimination; a socialist society.
Publicists - Alan Anderson, Pauline Anderson, Kevin Brown, Bill Gould, Roland Hovey, Vic Slater, Lee Walkington.
Notes: The fourteenth congress of the Eureka Youth League in 1967 adopted a new constitution and the name Young Socialist League. The League was connected with the Communist Party of Australia.

Young National Party of Australia Queensland (1973- ). Previously the Young Australian Country Party. Also known as the Young Nationals.
Objectives - To provide a recruiting ground for the National Party; to assist in the promotion of National Party policies in Queensland; to awaken political interest in the National Party and the Young Nationals; to educate members in politics and public speaking and to encourage social and community activities within the organization.
Publicists - See Young National.
Notes: The present name was adopted when the senior party changed its name in 1973.

Young Liberal Movement of Australia Queensland Division (1949-). Previously the Queensland Peoples' Party Young Peoples' Club (1946) and the Queensland Young Peoples' Social Club (1946-1949).
Objectives - To represent the views of the section of the population under thirty and to provide a forum for Young Liberal attitudes within the Party and to the general public. The Movement aims at clear expression based on Liberal principles unencumbered by vested interests.
Publicists - See Young Liberal (first issue each year).
Note: The Young Liberal Movement is an autonomous body within the Liberal Party with its own constitution, rules, administration and finances. Includes material from other states.

Also known as Young Labor Queensland, the Young Labor Association was formed in 1944 to support and promote the Australian Labor Party, to encourage social contact among young Labor Party supporters and to encourage members to join the Labor Party. It was dissolved in 1980 during the ALP Queensland Branch split. Reorganization began in 1982 with a view to reformation in 1983.

Young Communist Movement (1971-1975?).
Objectives - Workers' control, self-management and a genuinely free socialist society. Other demands included the ending of exploitation of youth by establishing a minimum living wage for youth and all students. The Y.C.M. was concerned to ensure a young communist presence in every area of youth revolt.
Publicists - Peter Lammiman.
Notes: Y.C.M. was connected with the Communist Party of Australia. It became defunct in the mid-seventies.

Young Christian Workers (1920-). The YCW was formed in Brussels in the 1920s by a priest Joseph Cardyn. It came to Australia in the 1940s.
Objectives: To work for a more just, more peaceful world It was concerned with the free development of man, especially of young workers, through striving to overcome economic oppression, racial discrimination and legal injustice.