[3] The national patrons of ACSA are Tracey Rowland, head of the Australian John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, and Anthony Fisher, Catholic Archbishop of Sydney.

[5] Compelled to form an international union for peace after the events of World War I, national representatives were selected from Europe, the United States, Argentina, and Indonesia.

[5] While studying at the University of Paris in 1938, Australian theologian Rosemary Goldie was commissioned to bring the ICMS to Australia by the General Secretary Rudi Salat.

[1] However, the outbreak of World War II limited both the actions of the ICMS and the ability of Australian Catholic students to interact with their international counterparts.

In 1974, it was decided to re-structure the movement to make it more relevant to university students at the time and it was renamed the Tertiary Catholic Federation Australia (TCFA).