Filters
Filters (6 applied)
Clear All- has image : yes (remove)
- has sound : no (remove)
- has video : no (remove)
- location : Main Bld: World War 2 Gallery: Gallery 3: Aust 43-44 (remove)
- maker : Craig, Sybil (remove)
- related places : Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Maribyrnong (remove)
-
type (1)
-
Conflict (1)
-
related units (2)
Collection
2 Results
-
No 1 projectile shop (Commonwealth Ordnance Factory, Maribyrnong)
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
As the Second World War escalated, and men began to enlist, women took their place in the factories. Women became the dominant workforce in the munitions factories at Maribyrnong. They wore overalls...ART22141
-
Painting tins to hold trench mortar shells (Mrs Shugg)
Art
Maker: Craig, Sybil
A portrait of Mrs Joy Shugg painting tins to hold mortar shells in the High Explosives Section of the Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong. The artist noted that Mrs Shugg painted 100 tins per...ART23702