Australian Homefront - HSIE - Modern History - Yr 12 - Conflict in the Pacific - LibGuides at Saint Patrick's College, Campbelltown

Australian Homefront

Online resources

Indigenous

Labour history
This journal explores the inequalities of sacrifice for Aborginal and Torres Strait Islander Labour in Northern Australia during World War II. Debate ensued about mobilising Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people. Was their 'loyalty' to the nation - which was ultimately fighting to preserve a white British bastion?
Indigenous Defence Service
The Australian War Memorial tells the history of Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander peoples enlisted in WWII.
Rising through the ranks: stories of Aboriginal women in military
Three Aboriginal women who served in South Australia's army reserves tell stories of discipline, resilience and determination in a compelling documentary short.

Women

Australian women's timeline
Australian Government Office For Women in the Department of Families
All in-The Australian homefront 1939-1945
The lives of many Australian women changed dramatically between 1940 and 1945 when there was pressure for young women to participate in the war effort, particularly in the armed services.
Toil of women during the war.
While the menfolk were away fighting, Mrs Yonge, then Pamela Eddison, was a "land girl" who remained on the farm to help with the chores and, in short, put food on the nation's tables. Farming families had it a little easier than the townsfolk did, rationing, for example was less of a problem, however they did not escape the war completely. Mrs Yonge gives her account of the war experience.
Australian Women in war time
The involvement of Australian women in each war is closely connected to their role in society at different times, and the nature of each war.
Roles for women in WWII
At first the government politely discouraged those women who wanted to perform some kind of military service. It soon became clear that the war was going to demand much more than the government had expected. Women could do the technical jobs normally performed by men, freeing those men for combat.
Women's Leadership in War and Reconstruction
The consequences of World War II for women's employment, familial roles and personal freedom have received substantial attention, as have the new forms of domesticity that followed the war.
Gender, Class and Work: The Council of Action for Equal Pay and the Equal Pay Campaign in Australia During World War II.
The Council of Action for Equal Pay functioned from 1937 - 1948 as a single issue affiliate body, predominantly composed of trade unions and several women's organisations. This journal explores the breakdown of gender divisions on the labour market during World War II influencing the course of women's political and economical justice.

Library books

Australian history in the 20th Century by John and Jennifer Barwick
Call Number: HIST DECADE 1900s BAR

ISBN: 9781863919814

Publication Date: 2000
World War II by Robert Hillman
Call Number: M.HIS WWII AUST HIL

ISBN: 9781863912693

Publication Date: 2001
Australia at war by John & Jennifer Barwick
Call Number: M.HIS WAR AUST BAR

ISBN: 9781740703468

Publication Date: 2007
Australian women at war by Patsy Adam-Smith
Call Number: M.HIS WAR AUST ADA

ISBN: 0170064085

Publication Date: 1984
Heroic Australian Women in War by Susanna De Vries
Call Number: B WOM

ISBN: 9780732276690

Publication Date: 2004

Websites

Australian War Memorial
Explores the homefroont in Australia during WWII, including the attack on Australia and food and fuel rationing.
Queensland WWII Historic places.
Examines the many facets of the WWII homefront in Australia: women in the war, children in wartime, rationing, internment, industry, and entertainment.
John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library
When John Curtin became Australian Prime Minister in October 1941, Japan was about to enter the War. Life on the homefront was hard, as Curtin introduced rationing and coupons in an attempt to redirect as many of Australia's resources as possible into the war effort.

Social Services

Food shortages & rationing
To ensure that everyone received a basic amount of essential supplies such as meat, butter, sugar and tea, the government brought in a system of rationing. Everyone had to apply for ration books, which contained a number of coupons. Each coupon gave the holder permission to buy a certain amount of something, usually over a weekly period. Despite the hardship, rationing was well received by the public because it applied to everyone equally.

Home WWII

Home WWII
Unlike WWI, the Second World War was waged much closer to home.This time, they were facing an enemy in their own Pacific neighbourhood, aiming to invade the mainland. Civilians had to prepare for the invasion, and they faced years of hardships and shortages.

References

References

Australian Government. (2017). Women in war time. http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/women-in-wartime
Australian Government. (2020). All in - the Australian homefront 1939-1945. https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/world-war-ii-1939-1945/resources/all-australian-homefront-1939-1945
Australian Government Office For Women in the Department of Families. (n.d.). Australian women's timeline. http://timeline.awava.org.au/timeline
Australian War Memorial. (2017). Home front: Second World War. https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/homefront
Australian War Memorial. (2019). Indigenous defence service. https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/indigenous
Australian Women's Timeline. (n.d.). Timeline. https://timeline.awava.org.au/timeline
Ergo. (2017). Food shortages and rationing. State Library of Victoria. http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/explore-history/australia-wwii/home-wii/food-shortages-rationing
Ergo. (2020). Home WWII. State Library of Victoria. http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/explore-history/australia-wwii/home-wii
Ergo. (2017). Roles for women in WWII. State Library of Victoria. http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au/explore-history/australia-wwii/home-wii/roles-women-wwii
Fitzsimons, C. (2017). The Australian home front [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shGZMOUOjr8
John Curtin Ministerial Library. (1995). The homefront. http://john.curtin.edu.au/manofpeace/homefront.html
Johnson, P. (1986). Gender, class and work: The Council of Action for Equal Pay and the Equal Pay Campaign in Australia during World War II. Labour History, (50), 132-146. doi:10.2307/27508787.
Macintyre, S. (2013). Women's leadership in war and reconstruction. Labour History, (104), 65-80. doi:10.5263/labourhistory.104.0065.
NITV. (2019, April 23). Rising through the ranks: stories of Aboriginal women in military. https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2019/04/23/rising-through-ranks-stories-aboriginal-women-military
Queensland Government. (2014). Queensland WWII historic places: Homefront. https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/homefront
Saunders, K. (1995). Inequalities of sacrifice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander labour in Northern Australia during the Second World War. Labour History, (69), 131-148. DOI: 10.2307/27516395
Weston, M. (1944, June 2). Toil of women during the war. The Argus. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11808497#

HSIE - Modern History - Yr 12 - Conflict in the Pacific: Australian Homefront

Online resources

Indigenous

Library books

Websites

References