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Minutes of the inaugural meeting of the Defence Society
Title : Minutes of the inaugural meeting of the Defence Society Minutes of the inaugural meeting of the Defence Society View More Images
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Source : Davies, Natalia, PRG 925/1/6
Date of creation : 1933
Format : Manuscript
Contributor : State Library catalogue
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Donated by : Natalia Davies
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Minutes of the inaugural meeting of the Defence Society, held on 25 February 1933, which was convened and chaired by Natalia Davies. Also included are the minutes for the meetings 1 August 1939, 29 August 1939, 19 September 1939 and 19 October 1939. These meetings variously covered the causes and prevention of fires, fire drill practice, and talks on the respirator, the trench system and electricity and the misuse of domestic appliances.


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Davies, Natalia
Defence Society (Adelaide, S. Aust.)

Coverage year : 1933
Further reading :
Beaumont, Joan (ed.). Australia's war, 1939-1945, St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 1996

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
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