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Girls assembling ammunition boxes, Commonwealth Ordnance Factory, Maribyrnong
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts unidentified women assembling wooden ammunition boxes, ordnance workshop, tools and machines. The following duties were performed by female labour in the Woodworking Section, of the Ordnance F...ART23528
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Making cordite, Commonwealth Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Unidentified men and women working in the propellant section press room at the Commonwealth Explosives Factory in Maribyrnong. The charge women standing before the press receives the cordite from the ...ART23548
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No 1 projectile shop (Commonwealth Ordnance Factory, Maribyrnong)
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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
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On the assembly floor
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Drawn on the assembly floor of the Commonwealth Ordnance Workshop, showing high precision drilling machines and racks of newly turned anti-aircraft gun barrels. The artist was given a tour by the Gene...ART23063
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Painting tins to hold trench mortar shells (Mrs Shugg)
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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
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Shell-tapering machine
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
First subject chosen by the artist during his visit to the Commonwealth Ordnance Workshops. 'On the following day I chose the big electric drop-hammer for my first drawing. Lumps of red-hot steel were...ART23064
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Working on a Le Blond shell-boring machine, Commonwealth Ordnance Factory, Maribyrnong
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Maker: Craig, Sybil
Depicts an unidentified woman working Le Blond Shell Boring machine in the ordnance workshop at the Commonwealth Ordnance Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria.ART22369