The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 working. The toilet, provided for their use, was made of road signs joined together. The women are, left to right: two unknown AWLA; Jean Matthews; sisters Lal and Ethel Blake; and 643 Dorothy M. Newton. Dorothy Newton, a Sydney girl, joined the AWLA in June 1942 and was sent to the Griffith area were she picked fruit, picked and planted vegetables, drove tractors and ploughed land, using horses. (Donor D. Hill)
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
A member of the Women's Land Army standing in a paddock beside two horses, attached to a plough. The woman's expression is one of frustration, as the horses are reluctant to move and plough the paddoc
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
A young woman wearing a pair of short-legged overalls with v-neck straps climbs a ladder to pick some fruit. An eager man holds the ladder while looking on admiringly. This image was likely to have be
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 t
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
