Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Leeton |
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Accession Number | 014904 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
McNeil, John Earl (Earl) |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales |
Date made | 2 June 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
TOTAL AUSTRALIAN RICE CROP IS NOW BEING USED FOR ARMY PURPOSES - THE NEED FOR HARVESTING IS ...
Description
TOTAL AUSTRALIAN RICE CROP IS NOW BEING USED FOR ARMY PURPOSES - THE NEED FOR HARVESTING IS ACUTE. LAND ARMY GIRLS ARE ASSISTING IN THE HARVESTING OF RICE IN THE LEETON AREA. THIS PHOTO TAKEN AT A NEW SOUTH WALES RICE FARM SHOWS TWO AUSTRALIAN LAND ARMY GIRLS DRIVING AN OPERATING HEADER. MISS ENID GORMAN DRIVES THE TEAM. MISS ETHEL HALL, ONCE LADY'S COMPANION, OPERATES AND SUPERVISES THE FILLING OF THE BAGS.