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Opium field, Armidale, 1943

from State Library of New South Wales

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  • Zaira Khan said:
    awesome
  • covid convict said:
    nla.gov.au/nla.obj-451087871/view?sectionId=nla.obj-47974... - Pix, 8th January, 1944...'Poppyfield to Battlefield: Australia Makes Vital War Drug'...this pic appears on the the second page of the article, bottom rhs...

    Pix's caption: 'Farmers Betty Tout and Dulcie Edwards walking through poppies growing 12 to the square foot. Miss Edwards is secretary of the WASPS. She ploughed poppy field, has now completed 800 acres.'

    nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1240639991/view?sectionId=nla.obj-1316... - the ABC Weekly, 11th December, 1943...'Australian girls grow opium poppies'...more on the cultivation of the crop here...
  • Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies said:
    That's a really lovely photo, and I see Betty is in bare feet, although I think Dulcie is in proper work boots.

    The owner of the property, Donald Munro Shand (1904-1976) of Armidale, has an entry in the ADB. Shand farmed 'Woodville', a 4000-acre (1619 ha) property at Puddledock, near Armidale. Apparently he set up Women's Agricultural Security Production Services groups, using female students from Teachers' College, Armidale.
    Believing that Australia could not reach its potential without regional development, Shand became founding chairman of East-West Airlines Ltd in 1947. - adb.anu.edu.au/biography/shand-donald-munro-11662

    So it's possible that Dulcie and Betty went on the become school teachers after the War.
  • Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies said:
    covid convict Thanks for those links, very interesting and useful!
  • kinghitz said:
    Presumably Armidale in the New England area of NSW …

New Year revels & concert at Ingleburn Military Camp, Sydney, 1941

from State Library of New South Wales

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  • nacho pippen said:
    Wonderful picture
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ February 26, 2026
  • Michael Gschwind said:
    Glückwunsch zu Explore !
  • Cornelis M.J. said:
    Congratulations on your photo in Explore !
  • Francesco Dini said:
    Congrats on making Explore! 🎉✨ 👏 - Amazing capture! ✨

A.B.C. truck recording soldiers, Darling Harbour, 1940

from State Library of New South Wales

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  • Luc Brocard said:
    you've already posted this picture in septembre 23
  • Evan_Williams said:
    Back when the AWA Tower was the latest building in Sydney 😊
  • Evan_Williams said:
    Evan_Williams *tallest
  • covid convict said:
    trove.nla.gov.au/work/238388145 - the ANMM also has a Sam Hood pic of this van and cameraman
  • State Library of New South Wales said:
    covid convict the ANMM one looks like it may be a copy from a later print rather than from the original nitrate neg. The SL disposed of the original Sam Hood nitrate negs after photographing them on 35mm film and our digital copies are reproduced from the 35 mm b/w negs rather than direct from original nitrate negs in RGB.