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Australian Women
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Australian Women's Land Army Queensland Division (1942 - 1945) |
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| Function: Services organisation | ||
| Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||
The Australian Women’s Land Army, Queensland Division, was established in July 1942, to help ‘fight on the food front.’ Queensland women comprised almost one quarter of the nation’s enlistees for war on this front. At its peak, 3,000 women were members of the Australian Women’s Land Army, 700 of who came from Queensland. |
| Sources used to compile this entry: Historical notes, Records of the Australian Women’s Land Army, Queensland Division, John Oxley Library Manuscript Collection, R230 OM90 – 4/3 and 4/12, R42 OM90-04 Box 9202. | |
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 14 November 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1005b.htm |