Hardisty sue (5 resultados)

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Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. the story of the australian womens land army from 1942-1945. THESE WERE THE BRAVE WOMEN WHO VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON THE LAND TO MAINTAIN FOOD PRODUCTION WHILE THEIR MEN FOUGHT IN AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE AT HOME AND ABROAD.THEIR EXPERIENCES WERE VARIED. THEY WENT TO A LIFE OF UNREMITTING PHYSICAL LABOUR,INCREDIBLY LONG HOURS OF TOIL AND MISERABLE PAY.YET THEY PROVED THEMSELVES TOUGH, RESOURCEFUL AND INDEFATIGABLE WORKERS WHO KEPT AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURE ALIVE. name of former owner on front end page.…

Condición: Fine. First Edition. Glossy card cover, 231 pages. A firm straight unmarked book, appears unread.

*Sales/posting to the USA suspended*. Card covers, large octavo, 231pp, b&w photos. A little wear on card edges/corners, apine slightly cocked; a very good copy. Includes interviews with volunteers who recount their experiences with humour and insight, and also reflect on the irrevocable changes these experiences wrought in their lives.…

[Melbourne] : Sue Hardisty and Sue Maslin, 1986. Foolscap folio, spiral-bound stiff wrappers; 45 pp, roneo-printed typescript with b/w photographic illustrations; fine. 'Thanks Girls and Goodbyeis the story of the Australian Women?s Land Army which was set up during the Second World War to keep Australian farms producing food for the war effort. The film uncovers the amazing story of the women who volunteered to fill the boots of men who had left the farm to fight abroad.This little-known story is told through the memories of the women who volunteered as well as the historical stills, news footage, home movies, letters and songs of their time on the land .Thanks Girls and Goodbyeis a gentle documentary about an extraordinary time in Australian history ? the Second World War. Most importantly it documents Australian women?s wartime experience, largely overlooked before feminist historians and filmmakers started to explore it in the 1970s and?80s.' (NFSA) Provenance: From the estate of Virginia Fraser (1947-2021), feminist, artist, writer, editor and curator.…