The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
South Melbourne, Vic. c. 1944. Three women employed at the Smith & Searle's factory stand together beside a piece of large machinery. The factory was engaged in the manufacture of parts, some high precision, for munitions projects and also parts for fruit canning machinery. It was owned, managed and operated by women with only one male employee. (This image appears on page 208 of the album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill housed in the AWM Archive Store)
Melbourne, Vic. Women employees at the Smith & Searle's factory operate machines to make parts for various munitions projects and for fruit canning machinery. The factory was owned, managed and operat
South Melbourne, Vic. c. 1944. A woman operates a small engine lathe making collars for apple parers. She was working in the Smith & Searle factory which was owned, managed and operated by women and w
c. 1944. Rows of women stand beside a table sorting fruit in a jam factory. (This image appears on page 263 of the album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill housed in the AWM Archive Store)
c. 1944. Two women stand either side of a workbench manufacturing large parts for an aircraft, probably at an Aircraft Factory. (This image appears on page 191 of the album presented to Dr Edith Summe
c. 1944. A line of women at work on the assembly line at a food canning factory. (This image appears on page 258 of the album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill housed in the AWM Archive Store)
A male munitions employee at the Small Arms Factory operating a precision thread grinder, engaged in the production of gauges for measuring the depth of threads.
