Defence Society roof watchers climb into position |
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| Title : | Defence Society roof watchers climb into position |
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| Source : | Davies, Natalia, PRG 925/13/31 | ||
| Date of creation : | ca. 1943 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Two women, members of the Defence Society, climbing into position for roof watching duty on the roof of the Duncan Building, Franklin Street. The Defence Society in Adelaide had been founded in February 1933 by schoolteacher and union activist Natalia Davies. 'From 1940 ... evening classes on first aid, home nursing, motor engineering, elementary electrical work and fire drill [were held]. ... the society taught hundreds of women to shoot and maintain a rifle.' [Australian Dictionary of Biography Online: Davies, Natalia (Nat) (1907 - 1951)] |
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| Related names : | Defence Society (Adelaide, S. Aust.) |
| Period : | 1939-1945 |
| Place : | Adelaide |
| 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 |
| Internet links : | Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) - History - The Australian home front during World War 2 Australian War Memorial - Australia under attack 1942-1943 Department of Veterans' Affairs - Australia's war 1939-1945 - All in: the Australian home front 1939-1945 Imperial War Museum - Collections online - Civilians |
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