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Letter to Frances Taylor (nee Harvie)
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Creator : Marshall, Dorothy
Source : Taylor, Frances Roberta, PRG 596
Place Of Creation : Adelaide
Date of creation : 1943
Format : Letter
Contributor : State Library catalogue
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A letter, dated 13 July 1943, to Frances Taylor (nee Harvie), from Dorothy Marshall, Superintendent, Australian Women's Land Army (SA), in which she talks about Frances's placement and experiences, as well as the experiences of other Land Army members.


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 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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Australian Women's Land Army. South Australia

 

Coverage year : 1943
Region : Adelaide city
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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