Land Army women on tractor and harvester
With so many men away at war, women were needed to keep farms running, and a volunteer Land Army was formed. Many of these Land Army women were from the cities, and had to learn to manage animals, operate machines and do hard physical labour.
Photographer unknown, c 1942
Accession number: H98.105/669
From the State Library of Victoria's Pictures collection. Gift of The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 1976.
