Australian Legion of Ex-servicemen and Women. Australian Women's Land Army Sub-Branch records, 1945-2000

MLMSS 8625

fonds

1945-2000

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

985713

0.15 metres of textual material (1 box) - typescript; - manuscript

The Australian Women’s Land Army (A.W.L.A.) was formed during the Second World War to combat rising labour shortages in the farming sector. From December 1941, agricultural labour was steadily diverted to the armed services and war industry. To meet the shortfall in rural labour, State and private women’s land organisations were organised, modelled on those established in Great Britain. A national body was formed on 27 July 1942 under the jurisdiction of the Director General of Manpower. While policy was devised by the Commonwealth Government, the organisation of the A.W.L.A. remained State-based. Recruits had to be between 18 and 50 years of age and be British subjects or immigrants from Allied nations. The A.W.L.A. was disbanded on 31 December 1945.

Doris Pitty, wife of Keith D. Pitty, was an office bearer of the Australian Women's Land Army Sub-Branch of N.S.W.

Reference:
https://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/homefront/land_army/ (accessed 30 July 2012)

This collection includes (1) 9 minute books of meetings, Sept. 1946-Oct. 2000; (2) 3 attendance books relating to meetings, Feb. 1955-Oct. 2000; (3) correspondence, 1955-2000, including correspondence regarding the push allowing for A.W.L.A. members to participate in the ANZAC Day March; (4) photograph album, inscribed to Hazel Fenwick, dated 1945, including signatures at the front of the album of fellow workers from Hanwood, N.S.W. The photographs depict people as well as farms in Griffith and surroundings districts.

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An interview with Doris Pitty, by Ros Bowden, is at MLOH 304/4