WASPS (WOMEN'S AGRICULTURAL SECURITY PRODUCTION SERVICE). BANANA PICKING IS HEAVY WORK FOR WOMEN, ...

Accession Number 015423
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Bottomley, Clifford
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Coffs Harbour
Date made 4 August 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

WASPS (WOMEN'S AGRICULTURAL SECURITY PRODUCTION SERVICE). BANANA PICKING IS HEAVY WORK FOR WOMEN, BUT THE WASPS HAVE HELPED TO GATHER IN BANANAS AS MALE LABOR WAS LACKING. THIS IS TYPICAL OF THE COUNTRY ON WHICH BANANAS ARE GROWN IN N.S.W., AND ON WHICH THE GIRLS ARE PREPARED TO WORK. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).