Land Army girl with Italian prisoner of war farm workers and Holman family

Land Army girl Frances Taylor (nee Harvie) with two Italian prisoner of war farm workers and the three Holman children during hay making time at "Bindarrah" Lucindale. Children from L to R: Helen b. 1940, Joan b. 1942, Mark b. 1943, with their father William Raymond (Ray) Holman 1911- 2001.

The Australian Women's Land Army was formed in 1942 in response to the acute shortage of rural workers. Recruits were required to be British subjects or immigrants from Allied nations and to be between 18 and 50 years of age.

Some farmers expressed initial skepticism about the prospects of farm work done by women with little experience on the land, but many Women's Land Army workers earned respect for their contributions.

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