The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
LEETON, NSW. AUSTRALIA AT WAR. THIS BAND OF AUSTRALIAN LAND ARMY GIRLS, RECRUITED FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, MAINLY CITY AREAS, ARE HARVESTING LARGE CROPS OF GREEN BEANS WHICH ARE BEING CANNED IN LARGE QUANTITIES TO BE FORWARDED TO THE ARMY IN FIGHTING AREAS.
AUSTRALIA AT WAR. HERE WE SEE AUSTRALIAN LAND ARMY GIRLS DOING THEIR BIT TO ASSIST IN THE WAR EFFORT. THEY ARE HARVESTING LARGE CROPS OF VEGETABLES WHICH ARE BEING CANNED FOR THE TROOPS. THE GIRLS ARE
TOTAL AUSTRALIAN RICE CROP IS NOW BEING USED FOR ARMY PURPOSES - THE NEED FOR HARVESTING IS ACUTE. LAND ARMY GIRLS ARE ASSISTING IN THE HARVESTING OF RICE IN THE LEETON AREA. THIS PHOTO TAKEN AT A NEW
AUSTRALIA AT WAR: TOTAL AUSTRALIAN RICE CROP IS NOW BEING USED FOR ARMY PURPOSES - THE NEED FOR HARVESTING IS ACUTE. LAND ARMY GIRLS ARE ASSISTING IN THE HARVESTING OF RICE IN THE LEETON AREA. THIS PH
AUSTRALIA AT WAR. MISS JOAN O'KEEFE OF PETERSHAM, WHO BEFORE JOINING THE LAND ARMY WAS A FACTORY WORKER, IS NOW ENJOYING THE LIFE OF PICKING TOMATOES WHICH WILL BE CANNED IN LARGE QUANTITIES FOR THE T
A land army worker wearing a khaki green uniform packs wooden boxes of beans on a table. Grace Taylor joined the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) in 1942 as a Field Officer responsible for the adm
Leeton, New South Wales. Five girls of the Australian Womens' Land Army proudly show the results of a crop of cabbages they assisted a local farmer to grow.
