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Farmer milks cow and has breakfast, reads about the Women's Agricultural Security Production Service. Australia...

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AUS1547539
Video title
Farmer milks cow and has breakfast, reads about the Women's Agricultural Security Production Service. Australia 1942
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Date
1944 AD (C20th AD)
Video description

Clip 1 from film promoting the WASPS, a unit of the Australian Women's Land Army. Farmer Robert (Bob) Welsh awakes dresses and rides out on his horse to round up the cows for milking. Various scenes in the dairy. Farmer washes his face after milking. Isabel (nee Cousin) his wife calls him for breakfast. [Bob and Isabel Welsh owned the Jersey Cattle stud Ermelo at Talarm via Macksville]. Bob Welsh reads the Nambucca Bellinger News newspaper [the news paper was owned and operated by George Brunsdon and family] over breakfast and notices an article 'Second line front' on the Women's Agricultural Security Production Service (WASPS). In the article a prominent Food Control official praises the NSW WASPS branches contribution to the war effort. Farmer shows his wife the article and after a discussion he rings up the WASPS for help.

Photo credit
© Australian War Memorial / Bridgeman Images
Video keywords
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