Guide to the Drouin town and rural life during World War II

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PIC 7755

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: 2024

Collection Summary

Title
Drouin town and rural life during World War II
Date Range
1944 - 1945
Collection Number
PIC 7755
Extent
91 items photographs : gelatin silver ; 19.3 x 24.4 cm. and smaller.
Language of Materials
English
Repository
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-.


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