PIC 7755
National Library of Australia
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Created: 2024
Collection Summary
- Title
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Drouin town and rural life during World War II
- Date Range
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1944 - 1945
- Collection Number
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PIC 7755
- Extent
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91 items photographs : gelatin silver ; 19.3 x 24.4 cm. and smaller.
- Language of Materials
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English
- Repository
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Special Collections (Pictures)
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Collection of photographs of Drouin, Victoria most of which were taken by Jim Fitzpatrick, who worked as a photographer for the Australian Information Service from 1942 to 1976. The subjects of the photographs include: family and domestic life, school children, portraits of local people, women in non-traditional occupations, enlisted men on leave and the butter factory. There are also a number of aerial photographs of the town.
Conditions Governing Access
Access conditions may apply to this collection, please refer to the collection's catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3044612).
Conditions Governing Use
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Item Descriptions
Dancers in the Soldier's Memorial Hall, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/30a) - Piece PIC Box PS 155 #PIC/7755/30a
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Portrait of Helen Johns, clerical worker at the Farmer's Co-operative Milk Factory, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/1) - Piece PIC Box PS 127 #PIC/7755/1
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Portrait of Frank Davis, headmaster of the State School, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/2) - Piece PIC Box PS 128 #PIC/7755/2
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Portrait of John Jeanes, retired farmer, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/3) - Piece PIC Box PS 129 #PIC/7755/3
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Students at Drouin State School, Victoria, tend the school's garden, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/4) - Piece PIC Box PS 130 #PIC/7755/4
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Ethel McDonald (farmer's wife) ties her horse in Main Street, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/5) - Piece PIC Box PS 131 #PIC/7755/5
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Chairman of the Council, Edward Porter gives instructions to Bill Pertzel, Council worker, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/6) - Piece PIC Box PS 132 #PIC/7755/6
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Portrait of John Dickers, Royal Australian Air Force, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/7) - Piece PIC Box PS 133 #PIC/7755/7
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Private Wallace Tratford of Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/8) - Piece PIC Box PS 134 #PIC/7755/8
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Portrait of Sergeant Ernest Brough of Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/9) - Piece PIC Box PS 135 #PIC/7755/9
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Portrait of June Wellwood, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/10) - Piece PIC Box PS 136 #PIC/7755/10
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Portrait of Leah Notman, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/11) - Piece PIC Box PS 137 #PIC/7755/11
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
After Sunday morning mass at St Ita's, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/12) - Piece PIC Box PS 138 #PIC/7755/12
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Private Wallace Tratford arrives home on leave, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/13) - Piece PIC Drawer PM 257 #PIC/7755/13
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Red Cross members outside the Soldier's Memorial Hall, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/14) - Piece PIC Box PS 139 #PIC/7755/14
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Land Army girls employed at the Drouin flax mill, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/15) - Piece PIC Box PS 140 #PIC/7755/15
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Portrait of Ernest Edwards, blacksmith of Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/16) - Piece PIC Box PS 141 #PIC/7755/16
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Teacher, Lorraine Lapthorne conducts her class in the Grade Two room at the Drouin State School, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/17) - Piece PIC Box PS 142 #PIC/7755/17
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
The choir at the Methodist Church in Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/18) - Piece PIC Box PS 143 #PIC/7755/18
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Land Army girl winnowing flax at the Drouin flax mill, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/19) - Piece PIC Box PS 144 #PIC/7755/19
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Cheeses for Allied servicemen at Drouin's co-operative milk factory, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/20) - Piece PIC Box PS 145 #PIC/7755/20
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
William Pettit and Ken McPhan of the Gippsland Independent and Express newspaper, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/21) - Piece PIC Box PS 146 #PIC/7755/21
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Unidentified man and boy preparing a meal, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/22) - Piece PIC Box PS 147 #PIC/7755/22
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Afternoon tea with the Hamley family and visitor June Wellwood, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/23) - Piece PIC Box PS 148 #PIC/7755/23
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
The circus comes to town, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/24) - Piece PIC Box PS 149 #PIC/7755/24
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Doctor Edward Hamp with his family of Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/25) - Piece PIC Box PS 150 #PIC/7755/25
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Mrs Gleeson pours a beer for a customer at the Drouin Hotel, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/26) - Piece PIC Box PS 151 #PIC/7755/26
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Playing euchre in the Drouin Hotel, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/27) - Piece PIC Box PS 152 #PIC/7755/27
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Portrait of Stewart Cobbledick, Royal Australian Air Force, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/28) - Piece PIC Box PS 153 #PIC/7755/28
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Wes Colquhoun and Fred Phair talking to the girls at the ball in the Soldier's Memorial Hall, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/29) - Piece PIC Box PS 154 #PIC/7755/29
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Dancers in the Soldier's Memorial Hall, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/30b) - Piece PIC Box PS 156 #PIC/7755/30b
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Drouin Shire Secretary Thomas J. Ryan (behind desk) talking to Councillor Frederick Lilley, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/31) - Piece PIC Box PS 157 #PIC/7755/31
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Main Street, Drouin, Victoria [2], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/32) - Piece PIC Box PS 158 #PIC/7755/32
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Justices of the Peace, Thomas Ryan, William Young and Frank Davis sit on the bench at the Drouin Courthouse,Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/33) - Piece PIC Box PS 159 #PIC/7755/33
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Portrait of Arthur Beeching, technologist at Drouin's co-operative milk factory, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/34) - Piece PIC Box PS 160 #PIC/7755/34
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Milk carrier Frederick (Fred) Jones delivers full milk cans at Drouin's co-operative milk factory, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/35) - Piece PIC Box PS 161 #PIC/7755/35
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
William Kraft, manager of the Drouin co-operative milk factory, presents his staff with a silver cup, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/36) - Piece PIC Box PS 162 #PIC/7755/36
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Josephine Smith digging a grave at the Drouin Cemetery, Victoria [1], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/37) - Piece PIC Box PS 163 #PIC/7755/37
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Josephine Smith digging a grave at the Drouin Cemetery, Victoria [2], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/38) - Piece PIC Box PS 164 #PIC/7755/38
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Sapper Ernest Sharman of the Royal Australian Engineers, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/39) - Piece PIC Box PS 165 #PIC/7755/39
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
William Russell putting the four gallon monthly ration of petrol into a customer's car, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/40) - Piece PIC Box PS 166 #PIC/7755/40
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Portrait of William J. Young of Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/41) - Piece PIC Box PS 167 #PIC/7755/41
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
John H. Lowin, who delivers Drouin's mail, has a letter for Mrs Leslie Allison of Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/42) - Piece PIC Box PS 168 #PIC/7755/42
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Sergeant Ernest Brough shows students the correct way to punch a football at Drouin State School, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/43) - Piece PIC Box PS 169 #PIC/7755/43
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Portrait of William Kraft, manager of Drouin's co-operative milk factory, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/44) - Piece PIC Box PS 170 #PIC/7755/44
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Arthur Holmes for the War Agricultural Committee enrolling Helen Dickson into the Women's Land Army, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/45) - Piece PIC Box PS 171 #PIC/7755/45
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Portrait of Rev. William McSpedden, vicar of Christ Church, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/46) - Piece PIC Box PS 172 #PIC/7755/46
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Wartime parting of a family, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/47) - Piece PIC Box PS 173 #PIC/7755/47
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Mother and baby attending the Drouin Infant Welfare Centre, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/48) - Piece PIC Box PS 174 #PIC/7755/48
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Mothers and babies at the Drouin Infant Welfare Centre, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/49) - Piece PIC Box PS 175 #PIC/7755/49
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Mrs Robert Wharton making a cake in her kitchen, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/50) - Piece PIC Box PS 176 #PIC/7755/50
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Three unidentified women washing and wiping the dishes, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/51) - Piece PIC Box PS 177 #PIC/7755/51
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Miss Jean Lilburne with her class in the Grade One room at Drouin State School, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/52) - Piece PIC Box PS 178 #PIC/7755/52
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Four unidentified men discussing a large pile of wood, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/53) - Piece PIC Box PS 179 #PIC/7755/53
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Four unidentified men grouped around a table, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/54) - Piece PIC Box PS 180 #PIC/7755/54
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Vanice Sullivan, wife of the Station Master, testing the heat of her iron, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/55) - Piece PIC Box PS 181 #PIC/7755/55
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
The Sullivan family having a meal, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/56) - Piece PIC Box PS 182 #PIC/7755/56
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Three unidentified women clearing the table after a meal, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/57) - Piece PIC Box PS 183 #PIC/7755/57
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Drouin Railway Station interior during world War II, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/58) - Piece PIC Box PS 184 #PIC/7755/58
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
The Station Master's office, Drouin Railway Station, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/59) - Piece PIC Box PS 185 #PIC/7755/59
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Station Master Joseph Sullivan in his office, Drouin Railway Station, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/60) - Piece PIC Box PS 186 #PIC/7755/60
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Woman and child buying shoes in the shoe section of Bell and Macaulay's Store, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/61) - Piece PIC Box PS 187 #PIC/7755/61
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Customers in the hardware section of Bell and Macaulay's Store, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/62) - Piece PIC Box PS 188 #PIC/7755/62
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Women shopping with coupons during World War II in Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/63) - Piece PIC Box PS 189 #PIC/7755/63
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Grocery section, Bell and Macaulay's Store, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/64) - Piece PIC Box PS 190 #PIC/7755/64
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Drouin Newsagency, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/65) - Piece PIC Box PS 191 #PIC/7755/65
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Mrs Josephine Smith, Arthur Robert Maxfield and butcher William in Connolly Colquhoun's butcher shop, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/66) - Piece PIC Box PS 192 #PIC/7755/66
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Ladies clothing section, Bell and McCauley's Store, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/67) - Piece PIC Box PS 193 #PIC/7755/67
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Drouin schoolboys playing cricket, Drouin, Victoria [3], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/68) - Piece PIC Box PS 194 #PIC/7755/68
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Rev. William McSpedden standing between two unidentified men playing lawn bowls, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/69) - Piece PIC Box PS 195 #PIC/7755/69
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Drouin schoolboys playing, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/70) - Piece PIC Box PS 196 #PIC/7755/70
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Drouin schoolboys playing cricket, Drouin, Victoria [1], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/71) - Piece PIC Box PS 197 #PIC/7755/71
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
On the way home from school, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/72) - Piece PIC Box PS 198 #PIC/7755/72
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Drouin schoolboys playing cricket, Drouin, Victoria [2], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/73) - Piece PIC Box PS 199 #PIC/7755/73
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Main Street, Drouin, Victoria [1], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/74) - Piece PIC Box PS 200 #PIC/7755/74
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Shopping in Main Street during World War II, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/75) - Piece PIC Box PS 201 #PIC/7755/75
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Shopping in Main Street, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/76) - Piece PIC Box PS 202 #PIC/7755/76
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Farewell presentation to Father Edward Hynes of St Ita's Catholic Church, Drouin, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/77) - Piece PIC Box PS 203 #PIC/7755/77
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Aerial view of Drouin, Victoria, during World War II [1], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/78) - Piece PIC Box PS 204 #PIC/7755/78
Aerial view of Drouin, Victoria, during World War II [2], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/79) - Piece PIC Box PS 205 #PIC/7755/79
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Aerial view of Drouin, Victoria, during World War II [3], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/80) - Piece PIC Box PS 206 #PIC/7755/80
Aerial view of Drouin, Victoria, during World War II [4], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/81) - Piece PIC Box PS 207 #PIC/7755/81
Aerial view of Drouin town centre, Victoria, during World War II [2], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/82) - Piece PIC Box PS 208 #PIC/7755/82
Aerial view of Drouin town centre, Victoria, during World War II [1], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/83) - Piece PIC Box PS 209 #PIC/7755/83
Aerial view of Drouin, Victoria, during World War II [5], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/84) - Piece PIC Box PS 210 #PIC/7755/84
Dairy cows in the sale ring at the Warragul cattle sales, Victoria, [1], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/85) - Piece PIC Box PS 211 #PIC/7755/85
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Three men at the Warragul cattle sales, Victoria, 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/86) - Piece PIC Box PS 212 #PIC/7755/86
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Dairy cows in the sale ring at the Warragul cattle sales, Victoria, [3], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/87) - Piece PIC Box PS 213 #PIC/7755/87
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
Dairy cows in the sale ring at the Warragul cattle sales, Victoria, [2], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/88) - Piece PIC Box PS 214 #PIC/7755/88
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
[Collage of four images]: Portrait of Stewart Cobbledick, Royal Australian Air Force; Land Army girls employed at the Drouin flax mill, Drouin, Victoria; Afternoon tea with the Hamley family and visitor June Wellwood, Drouin, Victoria, and Aerial view of Drouin, Victoria, during World War II [1], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/89) - Piece PIC Box PS 2658 #PIC/7755/89
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
[Collage of six images]: Cheeses for Allied servicemen at Drouin's co-operative milk factory, Drouin, Victoria; Aerial view of Drouin, Victoria, during World War II [3]; Portrait of William Kraft, manager of Drouin's co-operative milk factory; Chairman of the Council, Edward Porter gives instructions to Bill Pertzel, Council worker, Drouin, Victoria; Portrait of John Dickers, Royal Australian Air Force; and Josephine Smith digging a grave at the Drouin Cemetery, Victoria [1], 1944 - 1945 (Item PIC/7755/90) - Piece PIC Box PS 2659 #PIC/7755/90
Creator: Fitzpatrick, Jim, 1916-.
