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Women and World War 2: Home

This guide focuses on primary and secondary sources dealing with Australian Women's contribution to World War 2.

KILLARA, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA. 1944-03-02. A GROUP OF MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE AND THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE Copyright expired.

Many primary sources are available online from the Australian War memorial

Search results using the terms "women World War 2"

Search results using the terms "women world war 2 land army"

Search results using the terms "Australian women at war posters"

You can filter the search results by choosing the "type" or "place" or "related subject"

              

 

Australian Women's Weekly October 24 1942

 

Trove is the National Library of Australia's digitised collection. You are able to search and access digital content - photos, letters, diaries, newspapers, sound files, maps, books.

This is an example of a search in Trove using the terms "Women and world war 2"

National Archive online exhibition - Australian Women in War.

Australian Women in War lists Australian women and women's organisations who participated and assisted in the Boer War, World Wars and subsequent conflicts, with links to biographical, bibliographical and archival information about a small selection of them.

 

 

 

Women's roles in WW2 - Victorian Government site with a brief outline of women's roles including Women's Auxilary services

Women in the War - Queensland Government site that covers military services, war effort and homefront

Australian Nurses personal accounts

 

 

Australian Women in World War 2 books available from the library.