From

1942
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

To

1945
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Occupations

Services organisation

Summary

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: Australian Women’s Land Army Records, 1942 - 1946, R230 OM90 – 4/3 and 4/12 R42 OM90-04 Box 9202,; Australian Women's Land Army Queensland Division (1942 - 1945); John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland.