The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MISS JEAN HEYNE REMOVES SLICED CARROTS FROM A STEAM BLANCHING MACHINE WHICH STERILISES AND PARTIALLY COOKS THEM. DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES AND OTHER FOOD WERE SEALED IN DRUMS FOR SHIPMENT TO TROOPS SERVING OVERSEAS. (NEGATIVE BY REVERSE LEASE-LEND SERIES). (COPY IN ALBUM PRESENTED TO DR EDITH SUMMERSKILL P.259).
TWO WOMEN EMPTY TRAYS OF DEHYDRATED CARROTS ONTO A TABLE. THE DEHYDRATER WAS EMPLOYED IN THE PROCESSING OF MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEGETABLES AND FOODS FOR CANNING AND DESPATCH TO TROOPS. (NEGATIVE BY
LEETON, NSW. SHEILA DAY PLACES SLICED PEACHES IN CANS AT ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST CANNERIES. THE TINS ARE PLACED ON A BENCH BESIDE ROWS OF WASHING SINKS. THE ORIGINAL CAPTION READS ``IT'S SWEET WORK
LEETON, NSW. WOMEN IN A FOOD CANNERY SORT AND GRADE SPINACH LAID ON A TABLE PRIOR TO CANNING. (COPY IN ALBUM PRESENTED TO DR EDITH SUMMERSKILL P.266).
Probably Sydney, NSW. c. 1944. Women, some volunteers, packing tinned food into boxes to be sent to troops in New Guinea. (Copy in album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill p.268)
MISS BETTY MCKIBBON (FOREGROUND) AND MISS SHIRLEY GORDON, MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S LAND ARMY, PICKING UP FLEECES AFTER THE SHEEP ARE SHORN IN A COUNTRY SHEARING SHED. (COPY IN ALBUM PRESENTED
LEETON, NSW. MISS JUNE OSMOND, AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S LAND ARMY, HELPING TO HARVEST A CROP OF GRAPES. BEFORE JOINING THE ARMY SHE WAS A TEXTILE WORKER NEAR SYDNEY. (NEGATIVE BY MCNEIL). (COPY IN ALBUM PRE
