OUTBACK AUSTRALIA..... Back When...#7

..... thought it a good day to show another of my "oldie pics series"!

This shows my Mum - third back from right - working in one of the small arms munitions factory in Adelaide during the Second World War. I think this was at the Hendon site in 1944.

As you can see the photo has been quite damaged over time but it was obviously a "professional" photo taken at the time (I'm thinking), due the "boss" lady standing on the left the way she is.
Have copied some info from the South Australian State Library site.

Early in World War Two three munitions factories were established in South Australia; a small arms ammunition factory at Hendon; a foundry and rolling mill at Finsbury; and an explosives and filling factory at Penfield. There was also a magazine area at Smithfield.

Douglas Darian Smith is best known for his pioneering aerial photography of South Australia. His World War Two photographs, including women working in factories and the Women's Land Army, were often published in the Australian women's weekly and the South Australian homes and gardens magazines.

Women were only allowed to do 'men's work' during World War Two through sheer necessity. Despite working for lower wages and with the expectation that they would have to leave work when the men returned, it was a liberating experience for many women.

Have chosen this pic to suit the SQUARE September Challenge with Ambling Camera

Enjoy, and have a look in LARGE.

PS... thank you also for your wonderful comment and feedback on my BEE on a Mission Blip it hit the Spotlight page.... appreciated.