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 (AWLA) in Little's paddock with the tools that they have been using while working. The women are, left to right: 643 Dorothy Newton; unknown AWLA; Jean Matthews; Lal Clarke; unknown AWLA; and Ethel Clarke, Lal's sister. 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. The contraption Miss Newton has strapped on is a dust gun used to spread an insecticide to kill moths and grubs on cabbages. (Donor D. Hill)
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. 1944. Six members of the "Dramatic Fanatics", a dramatic society formed by a group of members of the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA), preparing to join a street parade in Griffith t
BARMERA, SA 1944-10. NO. 9 GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. PYRETHRUM CROPS WERE PLANTED IN 1943-01 AND 1943-02 AFTER SUPPLIES OF PYRETHRIN (AN IMPORTANT INSECTICIDE) FROM KENYA BECAME UNCERTAIN. TH
BARMERA, SA 1944-11. NO. 9 GARDENS, LOVEDAY INTERNMENT GROUP. PYRETHRUM CROPS WERE PLANTED IN 1943-01 AND 1943-02 AFTER SUPPLIES OF PYRETHRIN (AN IMPORTANT INSECTICIDE) FROM KENYA BECAME UNCERTAIN. TH
Western Desert, Tripolitania, Libya. 18 January 1943. This desert landing ground has a zigzag trench ploughed across it to prevent Allied aircraft from using it. Between the lines are holes made by ex
Sirte, Tripolitania, Libya. 18 January 1943. Aerial view of Sirte airfield. The enemy have adopted all kinds of devices in an attempt to prevent Allied Air Forces keeping pace with the advance of the
