Letter to Frances Taylor (nee Harvie) about work at the Adelaide Hospital |
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| Title : | Letter to Frances Taylor (nee Harvie) about work at the Adelaide Hospital |
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| Creator : | Marshall, Dorothy | ||
| Source : | Taylor, Frances Roberta, PRG 596 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1945 | ||
| Format : | Letter | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
A letter dated 28 April 1945, written by Dorothy Marshall, State Superintendent, Australian Women's Land Army, to Frances Taylor (nee Harvie). In the letter Dorothy Marshall talks about Frances's plans to work at the Adelaide Hospital after her time in the Women's Land Army. The Australian Women's Land Army was formed in July 1942 to provide labour on farms, as the men left to serve in the armed forces and oyher essential services. It was finally disbanded in December 1945. |
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| Related names : | Australian Women's Land Army. South Australia |
| Coverage year : | 1945 |
| Place : | Adelaide |
| Further reading : | Bolt, Andrew Our home front 1939-1945, Melbourne: Wilkinson Books, c1995 Clark, Rosemary The home front: life in Australia during World War II, Melbourne: Australia Post, 1991 The Home front family album: remembering Australia 1939-1945, introduction by Nancy Keesing, Sydney: Weldon, 1991 McKernan, Michael All in!: Australia during the second world war, Melbourne, Vic.: Nelson, 1983 Scott, Jean Girls with grit: memories of the Australian Women's Land Army St Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 1995 Thanks girls and goodbye!: the story of the Australian Women's Land Army 1942-45 edited by Sue Hardisty Ringwood, Vic.: Viking O'Neil, 1990 |
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