Equal pay fights

1942 Geelong women provide evidence in a equal pay case presented to the Employment Board for equal pay for equal work in the automotive industry (The Advertiser, Thursday 17th September, 1942, p. 6)

Women shipbuilders in Geelong

1940s. Women & the war effort. During World War II the Ford Factory in Geelong was converted to shipbuilding operations. Ford built 455 Australian Landing Craft & tug boats made from welded steel. As most of the male workforce was in uniform, women mainly built these ships.