Twelfth Congress of the Medical Women's International Association, Melbourne, 1970 Itinerary and travel journal for trip to the twelfth Congress of the Medical Women's International Association, Melbourne, 2 February - 7 March 1970. The Congress was held 14 - 20 February. Mary Esslemont spent the week before in South Africa and afterwards, spent a week travelling in Australia, a couple of days in Hong Kong, a week in Japan, and a couple of days in Moscow. 1970