With Australian Women’s History Women’s month fast approaching we thought this article from Charles Sturt University Regional Archives would be great to post in the lead up.
Voluntary Aid Detachment in Wagga Wagga
In July 1940, the VAD began work at the AIF Tent Hospital at the Wagga Showground with members attending daily under the supervision of voluntary trained nursing staff and military orderlies…
Women’s Fire Auxiliary (Wagga Wagga)
The value of auxiliary fire fighters had been proved where air raids had ravaged overseas countries and the Wagga Wagga WFA spent three months doing their course of fire fighting.
Womens Australian National Service (WANS) in Wagga Wagga
It was not easy for women to break into the traditionally male dominated fields, so the WANS trained rigorously in many different areas.