The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Hanwood, NSW. 1944. Mary Steele, Australian Women's Land Army, stands beside a horse pulling a cart (obscured) that was used to load apples at Chadney's Farm. At this farm she also learnt to drive a three ton truck, so she could drive produce into Griffith to the cannery and packing sheds, and a tractor. Miss Steele joined the Land Army at age sixteen, and spent three years in various places, picking fruit and crops and ploughing. (Donor M. Robinson)
Hanwood, NSW. 1944. Mary Steele, Australian Women's Land Army, sitting behind the wheel of a McCormick Deering Standard tractor which she had learnt to drive at Chadney's Farm. At this farm she also l
Griffith, NSW. Between June 1942 - 1944. An informal group of members of the Australian Women's Land Army standing outside the rough toilet constructed on a fifty-four acre pea paddock where they were
Griffith, NSW. Between June 1942 - 1944. An informal group of members of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) in Little's paddock with the tools that they have been using while working. The women a
Wagga Wagga, NSW. 2 July 1943. Informal portrait of Sheila Ferguson, Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) with Private Richard L. Przyivojski, 2nd Battalion, 17th Marine Engineers, United States Marine
NADZAB, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-14. A TRIAL PLANTING AT 8 INDEPENDENT FARM PLATOON OF LETTUCE AND POTATOES SHOWING NATIVES APPLYING DUSTS BY ROTARY KNAPSACK BLOWERS TO COMBAT PESTS. GRUBS AND BEETLES REQU
Mrs Jean Scott was a member of the Australian Women's Land Army, (AWLA) which was formed to do the manual labour on farms, in place of the men who had gone to war. There were 6000 AWLA girls in the Co