LibGuides: History: Australia and WW2

TROVE

TROVE
Historic newspaper and magazines. To get a print out of an article select the print option which can be converted to a PDF if you want an electronic copy.

Home WWII
State Library of Victoria site links to: internment, role of women, rationing, Americans in Australia
QLD WWII Homefront
QLD Government site: links to Women, Children, Rationing, Entertainment, Internment, Industry
Home front : WW2 Rationing
AWM site detailing rationing of food and petrol during WW2
Toil of women during WWII
TROVE - newspaper article 9th August 1995
Women to the rescue — how the Australian Women’s Land Army saved Australia in WWII
The Daily Telegraph newspaper 2017 article
WWII servicemen in Australia
State Library of QLD blog post includes links to other information about US servicemen.
Yanks down under
Anzac Portal page
War Brides
Australian National Maritime Museum page with information about Australia women marrying US servicemen
Australian women and war
Anzac Portal website, includes primary and secondary sources
Getting around town during the war years
Short video with transcript about rationing of fuel during ww2. ABC Education site
‘Put out that light!’ Brownout Melbourne during World War II
State Library of Victoria article, includes primary images about the impact of WW2 on people of Melbourne.