| Place | Oceania: Australia, Queensland |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART29778 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Sheet: 5.8 x 13 cm [irregular] |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | brush, pen and ink and wash, heightened with white on paper |
| Maker |
Taylor, Grace |
| Place made | Australia: Queensland |
| Date made | 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Not titled [Land Army worker weeding crops]
Description
A woman from the land army is on her hands and knees, as she moves along a crop pulling weeds.
Grace Taylor joined the Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) in 1942 as a Field Officer responsible for the administration of AWLA workers. She founded an unofficial newsletter for the Land Army Girls, to which she contributed humorous verse, prose and cartoons.