The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-14. THE LATEST TYPE OF WORK THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE PAPIER MACHE SECTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY IS THE MAKING OF PAPIER MACHE SURGICAL MODELS OF INJURIES THAT ARE USED BY FIELD AMBULANCE AND ARMY MEDICAL TRAINING SCHOOLS. HERE WE SEE THREE WORKERS PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO SOME OF THE SAMPLES. ON LEFT, MRS. CHRISMA WAHLERS; STANDING, MISS J. FRANCIS AND RIGHT FOREGROUND MISS MARNA PESTEL.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-14. LARGE QUANTITIES OF NEWSPAPERS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPIER MACHE, AND HERE IN THE PAPIER MACHE SECTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY WE SEE TWO VETERA
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-14. AT WORK IN THE PAPIER MACHE SECTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, MRS. W. TANNER, ON LEFT, IS MAKING AN INSTRUMENT TRAY WHILE MRS. D. B. MCBAIN IS FASHIONING A SURGI
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-14. MISS THELMA CRAWFORD, A WARDEN OF THE VOLUNTARY WORKERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, IS SEEN MAKING THE SPECIAL PASTE MIXTURE THAT IS USED THROUGHOUT THE PAPIER MAC
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-14. A HAPPY GROUP OF VOLUNTARY WORKERS IN THE PAPIER MACHE SECTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY. NOTE THE NEWSPAPERS THAT ARE USED TO FORM THE ARTICLE. THE INTENSIVE WOR
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-14. WOODEN AND CONCRETE DISCS ARE USED AS A FOUNDATION FOR THE PAPIER MACHE WORK CARRIED OUT BY VOLUNTARY WORKERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS TWO
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-14. SCENE IN THE PAPIER MACHE SECTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY. BEFORE ARTICLES ARE FINALLY LEFT TO DRY, THEY ARE PRESSED ON DYES IN MOULDS IN THIS HEAVY PRESS WHICH
