Land Army days |
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| Title : | Land Army days |
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| Creator : | Taylor, Frances | ||
| Source : | Taylor, Frances Roberta, PRG 596/2 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1945 | ||
| Format : | Diary | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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Extracts from the diary of Frances Taylor (nee Harvie) written between 8 May 1943 and 18 December 1945 while she was in the Land Army at Lucindale, Morphett Vale and Plympton. The Australian Women's Land Army was formed in 1942 in response to the acute shortage of rural workers. Recruits were required to be British subjects or immigrants from Allied nations and to be between 18 and 50 years of age. Some farmers expressed initial skepticism about the prospects of farm work done by women with little experience on the land, but many Women's Land Army workers earned respect for their contributions. |
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| Related names : | Taylor, Frances |
| Period : | 1939-1945 |
| 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 Scott, Jean Girls with grit: memories of the Australian Women's Land Army Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1986 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 |
| 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 Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) 1942-1945 |
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