The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Five sheets of paper with different text and images have been assembled onto a single sheet with the title 'Wedding carrots with the A.W.L.A'. One cartoon reads 'How to 'tell' a young carrot -- and what', accompanied by a picture of a weed and a picture of a carrot seedling which look exactly the same. Another cartoon shows a woman shuffling on the ground on her bottom with the caption, 'When weeds become 'wild' we stalk them like this'. A third cartoon shows a young woman lying on her side resting her head on her elow as she pulls weeds from the carrot crop. The caption reads, 'He loves me - he loves me not' position recommend by those in love, in doublt -- or merely indisposed.
Grace Taylor joined the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) in 1942 as a Field Officer responsible for the administration of AWLA workers. She founded an unofficial newsletter for the Land Army Girls, to which she contributed humorous verse, prose and cartoons.
This cartoon shows a land army worker lying on her side, resting her head on her elbow, as she plucks weeds from the crop. This game of 'he loves me, he loves me not' must help her while away the time
A woman from the land army is on her hands and knees, as she moves along a crop pulling weeds. Grace Taylor joined the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) in 1942 as a Field Officer responsible for t
A woman from the land army is on her hands and knees, as she moves along a crop pulling weeds. Grace Taylor joined the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) in 1942 as a Field Officer responsible for
A young woman wearing a pair of overalls is lying on the ground, with her knees up and her hat over her face. The caption suggests the land army girls are happy to work, but much prefer the opportunit
A young woman wearing a pair of overalls is lying on the ground, with one knee up and the other leg outstretched. She has a hat over her face, and her boots are off, cast to one side. The caption sugg
Five small scenes of life in the Women's Land Army. From upper left to right 'Troops with armfuls of both' depicts a soldier carrying a suitcase and rolled up blanket under one arm, smiling, with his