Sydney University Labor Club

In early 1925, a Labor group began orienting around University of Sydney Union debate nights.

Evatt was the inaugural president of the club, which soon ceased to function after a 1927 split within the New South Wales Labor Party between Jack Lang and Peter Loughlin.

In 1931, the club was reformed and it affiliated to the Labor Party, sending one delegate to its state conference.

In 1949, students wary of communist influence split to form the ALP Club, which was more closely aligned with the Labor Party.

Its members were prominent in the Freedom Rides, anti-Vietnam War protests, and the establishment of the Department of Political Economy in the 1960s and 1970s.

The communists retained control until the annual general meeting on 29 March 1966, when New Left Labor activists, including Jennie George, Sandra Levy, and Jim Percy, were elected in a 19-14 vote.