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Women's Land Army, Launceston, Tasmania

Title
Women's Land Army, Launceston, Tasmania
Repository
Australian War Memorial Research Centre
Reference
PR00765
Date Range
1940 - 1995
Description

Three looseleaf papers and handwritten copies relating to the establishment of the Women's Land Army in Launceston, Tasmania in 1940. Included is a handwritten organisational chart of the Women's Land Army (WLA), Tasmania from registered rural women up to the Tasmanian Department of Agriculture and Manpower and the Commonwealth War Organisation of Industry; a handwritten itemised list of the categories of women who were required to be listed on the 'Compulsory Register of rural women' and, typescript copies of minutes of a meeting held on June 28, 1940. Present at that meeting were three members of the Country Women's Association, Tasmania, Mrs Belmont Clark, Mrs Alice Jean Thomas OBE, Mrs V. (Edith Ranson); Mr Guy Parsons, probably Tasmanian Primary Producers Union; Mr Francis Forster, Tasmanian Member of House of Assembly and probably President of Tasmanian Farmers, Stockowners and Orchardists Association and, Miss Agnes Hodgson for whom there are brief biographical details.

Formats
Papers
Quantity
3 items (0.01 m)
Access
Open

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