• Entry type: Organisation
  • Entry ID: AWE1005

Australian Women’s Land Army Queensland Division

(From 1942 – 1945)
  • Occupation Services organisation

Summary

The Australian Women’s Land Army, Queensland Division, was established in July 1942, to help ‘fight on the food front.’ Queensland women comprised almost one quarter of the nation’s enlistees for war on this front. At its peak, 3,000 women were members of the Australian Women’s Land Army, 700 of who came from Queensland.

Archival resources

  • John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection
    • OM90-04 Australian Women's Land Army Records 1942-1975

Published resources

Related entries


  • Related Organisations
    • Australian Women's Land Army (AWLA) (1942 - 1945)
  • Related Women
    • Pender, Beryl Elizabeth (1902 - 1974)