Source: Miss Elsie Richards of Bulladelah, who assisted her parents in the running of a store, now she machines the copper driving band of 25 pounder shells [picture] ca. 1940-1945, Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs, ID 1714566, (State Library of Victoria, 1976)
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Introduction"People on the home front were expected to make economic and social sacrifices for the war effort. The Curtin Government launched a campaign of “Austerity” in August 1942 and home-front propaganda pushed the concept of “equality of sacrifice”. (Home front, AWM, 2017)
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In central Victoria near Shepparton "there were 7 camps in the area during World War II which held about 4,000-8,000 people at any one time. 3 camps housed Prisoners Of War who were enemy servicemen captured in various theatres of war around the world and transported to Australia for the duration of the war. The remaining 4 camps held Internees who were civilians living in Australia or other Allied territories and countries at the outbreak of war and were deemed to be a security risk because of their nationality. The camps were situated in the Goulburn Valley as food was plentiful here and there was a good supply of water from the Waranga Basin." (Tatura Irrigation and war museum, n.d.)
