The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
AUSTRALIAN WOMANHOOD ON PARADE. THE "ALL-IN-WAR-EFFORT" OF AUSTRALIA IS RAPIDLY BECOMING AN ACCOMPLISHED FACT AND NOT ONLY ARE WOMEN TAKING THE PLACE OF MEN IN VITAL PEACE-TIME SERVICES BUT ARE FILLING JOBS IN THE UNIFORMED SERVICES AND SO CREATING A GREATER POOL OF MANPOWER FOR NATIONAL DEFENCE. THESE MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIANS WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE REPRESENT THE VICTORIAN CONTINGENT. ETC. (NEGATIVE BY CRANSTONE).
A PARADE OF A CONTINGENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE DURING THE COURSE OF A REVIEW BY THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ALLIED LAND FORCES. UNITS OF THE AWAS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN ALL STATES
Documentary showing the vital part women are playing in the war effort by relieving men in their jobs and thus allowing men to go away and fight.
AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE ON PARADE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF A TYPICAL MELBOURNE DAY. THIS SERVICE IS RAPIDLY GROWING IN NUMBERS AND IN THE SCOPE OF ITS EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE TO THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. 1943-06-04. THE TREND OF COMMUNAL LIFE ALTERS DURING WARTIME. THIS MELBOURNE SCENE IS TYPICAL OF ANY AUSTRALIAN CITY. IN ORDER TO RELEASE MANPOWER FOR THE SERVICES, WOM
c. 1943. A female postal employee with a postal bag over her arm checks an address against a letter she is holding. Many jobs are now available to women due to manpower shortages with so many men in t
c. 1944. Women serve customers from behind the counter in a butcher's shop. Note the piles of meat on paper bags at the end of the counter. Manpower shortages had rendered it necessary for women in so
