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Eva Rose & Betty Newman, Land Army, Mundubbera, 1943
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TitleEva Rose & Betty Newman, Land Army, Mundubbera, 1943Date Created1943AcknowledgementRobyn Buchanan CollectionIpswich Genealogical SocietyCommunity CollectionIpswich Genealogical Society Inc.
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DescriptionIn July 1942 the Australian Women’s Land Army (of AWLA) was established as an adjunct to the women’s auxiliary Transport Service, modelled on those established in Great Britain during the First and Second World Wars.
The AWLA helped fill the shortage of labour in the rural sector and was a voluntary group whose members were paid by the farmer, rather than the government or military forces. The Land Army provided training for women aged between 18 and 50 years of age and who were British subjects or immigrants from Allied nations. The women were trained in farming skills and their employment was organised on rural properties. At its peak, 3,000 women were members of the Australian Women’s Land Army, 700 of whom came from Queensland.
The women received very modest wages for their long and arduous working week. The average for each member was 48 hours, with pay starting at the AWLA minimum wage of 30 shillings a week. Women were paid much less than their male counterparts for the same work, which included vegetable and fruit growing, pig and poultry raising, and sheep and wool work.References (online)The Australian Women's Land Army - 1942 - 1975 [Accessed 09/09/2024]
The AWLA helped fill the shortage of labour in the rural sector and was a voluntary group whose members were paid by the farmer, rather than the government or military forces. The Land Army provided training for women aged between 18 and 50 years of age and who were British subjects or immigrants from Allied nations. The women were trained in farming skills and their employment was organised on rural properties. At its peak, 3,000 women were members of the Australian Women’s Land Army, 700 of whom came from Queensland.
The women received very modest wages for their long and arduous working week. The average for each member was 48 hours, with pay starting at the AWLA minimum wage of 30 shillings a week. Women were paid much less than their male counterparts for the same work, which included vegetable and fruit growing, pig and poultry raising, and sheep and wool work.References (online)The Australian Women's Land Army - 1942 - 1975 [Accessed 09/09/2024]
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EventsWorld War II (1939-1945)Government & Non-Government OrganisationsAustralian Women's Land Army (AWLA)People & FamiliesEva RoseBetty NewmanDefining Tulmur | IpswichOn The Homefront: Agriculture & Food Production On The Homefront: Labour & WorkTaxonomy20th Century | 1940s | 1943
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