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LAND GIRLS HAND SPREADING FLAX FOR RETTING PHOTO SHOWS THE `LAND-GIRLS' LAYING OUT THE FLAX FOR RETTING (DRYING-OUT). (`LAND-GIRLS' ARE YOUNG WOMEN WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR FARM WORK DURING THE 1939 45 WAR.) (FLAX IS THE STRAW WHICH IS LEFT AFTER THE LINSEED IS HARVESTED.)

LAND GIRLS HAND SPREADING FLAX FOR RETTING PHOTO SHOWS THE `LAND-GIRLS' LAYING OUT THE FLAX FOR RETT...

Museum Victoria

6 B SUNSHINE BINDER OPERATING FOR THE YORKSHIRE W.A.E.C NEAR HALIFAX. ALTHOUGH (THIS PHOTO) SHOWS TWO LAND-GIRLS APPARENTLY OPERATING THE OUTFIT, THERE WAS USUALLY A MAN ABOUT. THE CROP OF OATS IN (THIS PHOTO) WAS PARTICULARLY HEAVY AND DOWN AND TANGLED: SEPT 1943 THE `LAND-GIRLS' WERE YOUNG WOMEN WHO VOLUNTEERED TO WORK ON THE LAND DURING THE 1939-45 WAR.

6 B SUNSHINE BINDER OPERATING FOR THE YORKSHIRE W.A.E.C NEAR HALIFAX. ALTHOUGH (THIS PHOTO) SHOWS TW...

Museum Victoria

Pilliga Red Cross members knitting socks for soldiers in World War I - Pilliga, NSW

Pilliga Red Cross members knitting socks for soldiers in World War I - Pilliga, NSW

State Library of NSW

Betty Cuthbert of Sydney won 3 gold medals at the 1956 Melbourne Olymic Games [photographic image]. 1 photographic negative: b&w, acetate

Betty Cuthbert of Sydney won 3 gold medals at the 1956 Melbourne Olymic Games [photographic image]. ...

National Archives of Australia

Personalities - Dame Nellie Melba as Rosina in 'The Barber of Seville' [photographic image]. 1 photographic negative: b&w, acetate

Personalities - Dame Nellie Melba as Rosina in 'The Barber of Seville' [photographic image]. 1 photo...

National Archives of Australia

Sport and recreation - Athletics - Australian sprinter Raelene Boyle crossing the line for Silver medal, just behind Renate Stecher in 200 m final - Munich Olympics, 1972

Sport and recreation - Athletics - Australian sprinter Raelene Boyle crossing the line for Silver me...

National Archives of Australia

Women - Women members of parliament: Carolyn Jakobsen MP, Senator Alice Zakharov, Mary Crawford MP, Senator Janine Haines, Senator Margaret Reynolds, Senator Rosemary Crowley, Elizabeth Harvey MP and Senator Patricia Giles,with 1908 Women's banner - Old Parliament House Canberra, 1988

Women - Women members of parliament: Carolyn Jakobsen MP, Senator Alice Zakharov, Mary Crawford MP, ...

National Archives of Australia

Women - Women members of parliament (l-r) Senator Margaret Reynolds and Ros Kelly with 1908 Women's banner - Old Parliament House Canberra, 1988

Women - Women members of parliament (l-r) Senator Margaret Reynolds and Ros Kelly with 1908 Women's ...

National Archives of Australia

Women - Women members of parliament (l-r): Senators Christine Patterson, Shirley Walters, Amanda Vanstone, Susanne Knowles, Margaret Reid, Florence Bjleke-Petersen and Bronwyn Bishop with 1908 Women's banner - Old Parliament House Canberra, 1988

Women - Women members of parliament (l-r): Senators Christine Patterson, Shirley Walters, Amanda Van...

National Archives of Australia

Women - Women members of parliament (l-r): Senators Janine Haines, Janet Powell and Jean Jenkins with 1908 Women's banner - Old Parliament House Canberra, 1988

Women - Women members of parliament (l-r): Senators Janine Haines, Janet Powell and Jean Jenkins wit...

National Archives of Australia

Women - Women members of parliament: Senator Jean Jenkins, Jeanette McHugh MP, Joan Child MP, Senator Susan Knowles, Kathryn Sullivan MP, Roslyn Kelly MP, Senator Florence Bjelke-Petersen, Senator Margaret Reynolds, Carolyn Jakobsen MP with 1908 Women's banner -Old Parliament House Canberra, 1988

Women - Women members of parliament: Senator Jean Jenkins, Jeanette McHugh MP, Joan Child MP, Senato...

National Archives of Australia

Women - Women members of parliament: Senator Margaret Reid with 1908 Women's banner - Old Parliament House Canberra 1988

Women - Women members of parliament: Senator Margaret Reid with 1908 Women's banner - Old Parliament...

National Archives of Australia