Women climbing the steel ladder from the rear of the watching post |
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| Title : | Women climbing the steel ladder from the rear of the watching post |
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| Source : | Davies, Natalia, PRG 925/13/32 | ||
| Date of creation : | ca. 1943 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Four women, members of the Defence Society, climbing a steep steel ladder from the rear of the watching post on the Duncan Building, Franklin Street. The Defence Society was formed by Natalia Davies in 1933, in response to the rise of Nazism in Europe. By the time World War II began in 1939 the society's numbers had increased to 130, predominantly women. Training was provided in first aid, home nursing, motor engineering, elementary electrical work and fire drill. Later this was extended to include pistol shooting, map reading and unarmed defence. Natalia Davies was appointed deputy-commandant of the State's Women's Air Training Corps in 1940. |
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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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