Early on the 26th December 1968 Ella Rosvoll, age 14, took her dogs for a walk near the Hume Weir. A sporting shooter in a nearby car killed her with three bullets from his rifle.

On the 3rd January 1970 Margaret Bacsa, age 14, rowed a dingy on Eildon Weir during her school holiday. From the shore a gun club member killed her with one bullet from his rifle.

The girls’ deaths and the parents’ dedicated efforts to improve the gun laws inspired the formation, in 1981, of “The Council to Control Gun Misuse”. This movement was strengthened after the mass killings at Hoddle and Queen Streets in 1987, and the present Gun Control Australia was formed in 1988.

Gun Control Australia produces books on social, ethical and legal aspects of gun misuse. As a fully independent body with no connections to political parties, unions and professional organisations we lobby parliamentarians and actively oppose the Gun Lobby.