Date established11th April 1969LocationAdelaideFunctionThe Zonta Club of Adelaide was established in 1969 as part of an international organisation that aims to improve the political, social and economica lives of woman throughout the world through advocacy and service.ThemeOn the home frontHistory
Canadian Zontian Dorothy Thompson initially met with a group of 20 Adelaide women, later expanding to 26 that officially established the Zonta Club of Adelaide Inc.on April 11, 1969.
This oral history is a recording of edited excerpts from speeches made by fourteen Riverland women at a public function organised by the Zonta Club of the Riverland to recognise the contribution of women during the Second World War. In the selection here Marj Osborne speaks about working with munitions at Penfield, Enid Rofe talks about her time in the RAAF, Mae Campbell speaks about housekeeping during the war years and her daughter Joy Sweet offers a child's perspective.
![Women and War': Zonta Club of the Riverland's Australia Remembers 1945-1995 Project [sound recording], Part 1 of 2](/theme/slsa/img/placeholder_14.png?1692139569 "Women and War': Zonta Club of the Riverland's Australia Remembers 1945-1995 Project [sound recording], Part 1 of 2")